One evening years ago my wife and I were making our way down a mountain trail accompanied by two friends The trail was narrow and wound around a slope with a steep drop on one side and an unclimbable bank on the other As we came around a bend I saw a large bear moseying along swinging his head from side to side and quietly huffing We were downwind and he hadn rsquo t detected our presence but he would soon Our friend began to rummage around in her jacket for a camera ldquo Oh I must take a picture
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