So normally this is not a big deal, especially for us since most of us have spent our fare share in the wild and ran into a bear or two at least once. What makes this more interesting is that this happened just outside of my place in Port Coquitlam. Now I live on the side of the Coquitlam river which has had its share of wild life sightings so that is not that big of a deal. On Tuesday evening around 11pm I go out to my truck to grab something, now I live in a town house with 2 rows of houses then a parking lot, almost right in front of my place there is a little concrete table and benches (I know, very cozy). So I sit down with my back to the walkway between the 2 rows of houses and am having a smoke relaxing, after a couple of minutes I hear a very faint sound just behind me, I turn around and am staring at a brown bear no more then 10 feet away from me (I am not kidding here). If was fairly young, about 4 feet tall (while on all fours), so we have a bit of a stare off for a couple of seconds while each of us is trying to figure out what to do. He finally put his head down and decided he didn't like me, backed up and made a run for the bushes behind the complex. I haven't been that close yet and am glad he was young and still hasn't figured out that people make good snacks too. Of course, I didn't have my camera with me, figures.
