Work is a Bear! Trapped in Office Last Night

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A person recounted a tense experience of being trapped in their office overnight due to a bear trying to enter through a cat door. They described the bear as being unusually comfortable rummaging around, raising concerns about previous close encounters with wildlife that had gone unnoticed. The individual noted that black bears in the area are typically timid and avoid human contact. The discussion included humorous exchanges about the bear situation and light-hearted comments about the person's wife and their usual safety precautions. The conversation highlighted the unexpected interactions with wildlife and the potential risks of living near bear habitats.
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I was trapped in my office last night waiting for the bear to leave. He [apparently] even tried to stick his head in the cat door!

I was just getting ready to head up at about midnight when I heard him right outside the door. And I didn't have my flashlight, so I was completely blind and didn't want to take a chance on a move for the car.
 
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You have very brave bears! Black bears are quite timid around here and go out of their way to avoid being seen.
 
turbo said:
You have very brave bears! Black bears are quite timid around here and go out of their way to avoid being seen.

I don't know if he knew I was here. And I figured he would probably run if I opened the door but I didn't want to take a chance. That he was so comfortable rummaging around was not reassuring. But as I've said before, I now suspect he or others have been coming around for a long time. I just never knew it.

I'd bet that I've come very close to an encounter several times.
 
Sounds like a grizzly situation you were in there.
 
jhae2.718 said:
Sounds like a grizzly situation you were in there.
He, he, he!
 
turbo said:
He, he, he!

Bear with me, will you?
 
jhae2.718 said:
Sounds like a grizzly situation you were in there.

Normally I make my wife go first, just in case, but she wasn't here.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Normally I make my wife go first, just in case, but she wasn't here.
Do you smear a little bacon-fat on her clothes (surreptitiously) before you send her out? Larry, Darryl, and Darryl swore by that as a sure-fire weight-loss routine.
 
So you messed up your local ecosystem by chilling out your cats, and now you complain about the consequences? :biggrin:
 
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Haha, no kidding! Where's psycho Jack when we need him?
 

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