And This is Why You Need to be In Before Dark

At 8:45 pm, I saw dancing flashlight beams outside of my window.  This could mean only one thing:  "Kids!  There's a bear in the yard!"

Liam, "All pets accounted for."

Taryn, an upstanding member of PETA, "You're not going to report it, right!  They'll kill him!"

Me, "Where's my camera?"

This picture was taken outside my backdoor.  We had a plan to get this photograph; I would stand outside the door, Liam would be on the inside of the door, keeping himself safe and the dogs inside, with his hand on the doorknob so that he could quickly open the door if I screamed.  The neighbours were in their securely fenced yard to the right, holding a flashlight on the bear so that my camera could see enough to focus.

All this is because it is early in the yard-dwelling bear season for us.  Still a novelty.  In a matter of weeks, we will be guarding our garbage and banging pots together because we are tired of stepping in bear shit.

Comments

[Laurie Pawlick]

OMG!! The boy IS Bear Bait!!

[Denise]

OK I have a request. Can you take a picture of bear shit? 'Cause I've seen bears and smelled bears but I do not recall ever seeing bear shit before.

Thanks.

[Kim]

Denise, I will personally send you a picture of bear shit. Just for you.