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>be me
>live on Vancouver island
>me, my buddy, his woman, and another couple decide to do the north coast trail
>3 days in, camped out on a pocket beach of baby head gravel with shitloads of seaweed lying around
>set up camp and enjoy some dinner and a bonfire watching the sun set
>starts getting dark, we've all been trekking pretty hard so everyone calls it a night
>I stay up enjoying the last of the sunset and the sound of waves breaking on the pebble beach
>have to piss so I step away from the fire and switch on my headlamp
>catch the reflection of eyes 80 yards down the beach
>oh cool, a black bear
>finish my piss, watch the bear claw through these piles of seaweed and munch crabs for a few minutes
>don't really want to go to bed with it around since I set my tarp up just inside the treeline not far from where it is
>whip a few rocks in its general direction to see if it'll move along
>it takes the hint, lazily disappears into the treeline
>can't really hear it moving around over the sound of the waves, not sure which way it went
>oh well, what the hell, if it wants to munch on me in the night there's not much I can do about it either way
>turn back towards the bonfire/tents
>catch the reflection of eyes again, this time in the treeline ~10 ft from my buddy's tent
>people are sleeping, don't want to yell or cause a ruckus
>don't want the thing around either
>pick up the most perfect round golf ball sized stone off the beach
>silently pray to Artemis and let loose
>perfect shot right between the eyes
>bear runs off faster, making a lot more noise this time
>go to bed, sleep like a baby
Absolutely gorgeous part of the world. We saw many more bears, eagles, whales, and salmon and even found huge whale vertebrae washed up on one of the beaches. I can't wait to get out there again.
>picrel
