Great adventure. I had a similar incident a few years back where I was camping on an island and had to paddle out in a storm because a bear kept bugging me. That really is strange about the following as I've never heard of that behaviour. From your narrative though it seems he was just very lonely for his mother.

>Actually this is a could be horror story. While a lot of the VFP adventurers were trying to return home from DevCon, I spend Saturday on a hike in the Rocky Mountains.
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>As my son said to my wife when we got home.
>"Mom, I know what to get Dad for Father's Day!"
>"What?"
>"Another can of Bear Spray!"
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>If you're at all interested in the rest of this true-to-life story, you will find it at
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>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/blucas/grizzly.htm
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>I suppose the link kind of gives some of the story away. I hope you don't mind this totally off topic posting.