Close encounter;sow and cub - 08/03/14
My daughter had encounter with a Brown Bear on Thurs above Indain. She had been picking Serviceberrys the day before and decided to go back.The Berry patch is a short 10 min hike off the Highway,she hiked up with the 7 month old baby and the two dogs,she carrys Bear Spray and both her and the dogs wear Bells. Liz is no stranger to the woods,she has been hiking around Anch,Hope,Ekutna and the Kenai for the past 10 years.
Liz got to the Berry patch, took the Baby out of carrier put him on the ground and covered him with a bug net,the next thing down below her a cub goes up a tree,and both dogs are barking and she hears the sow,she picked the Baby back up while both dogs kept the sow below her,she said one dog came back a short distance from her looked at her then went back to worry the Bear. She said she just picked up the Baby and started back down the trail ,she called her husband who was at Bird Creek,then called the dogs back,after Nate got there they went back and got her gear.
A strange twist to this is she asked me the night before if I wanted to out with her,I had just recently moved back to Anchorage from the Village and was getting things together for a Garage sale, so declined .
With all the Bear encounters this year, this one would be hard to explain,if contact would have been made ,it would have been hard to live with. I'm really pleased her two dogs had the muckle to stand their ground
Liz got to the Berry patch, took the Baby out of carrier put him on the ground and covered him with a bug net,the next thing down below her a cub goes up a tree,and both dogs are barking and she hears the sow,she picked the Baby back up while both dogs kept the sow below her,she said one dog came back a short distance from her looked at her then went back to worry the Bear. She said she just picked up the Baby and started back down the trail ,she called her husband who was at Bird Creek,then called the dogs back,after Nate got there they went back and got her gear.
A strange twist to this is she asked me the night before if I wanted to out with her,I had just recently moved back to Anchorage from the Village and was getting things together for a Garage sale, so declined .
With all the Bear encounters this year, this one would be hard to explain,if contact would have been made ,it would have been hard to live with. I'm really pleased her two dogs had the muckle to stand their ground