Ah, The Sweet Contridictions Of Life

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Then it happened. The most astonishing display of human behavior I have ever witnessed played out before our unbelieving eyes.

As the bear walked behind the cars, the couple that had been smiling at me flung open their car doors and jumped out to take a picture. Seriously. With the bear close enough to whack them with her paw should she desire.

Click click. Flash flash. Maul maul.

"Oh my God," Mom said, once again nailing the narrative square on.

I'm no biologist, but I was pretty sure that jumping out and surprising a slightly confused grizzly was a 'bad' idea. This is why you don't see many surprise parties for our Ursal cousins. I imagine it would go something like this:

Bear walks into a dark room.
'Click' goes the light switch.
"Surprise!" everyone shouts in unison.
Then. . . carnage!

Oh sure, there would be apologies later, but that doesn't really help if you've been bitten in two now does it?

"What the hell are they thinking?" I asked of no one in particular.

The bear, now more confused than ever because she had no idea this was a photo opportunity, lumbered away from the back of the cars never taking her eyes off of the couple with the cameras.

I swear, if they'd had crackers they would have held them out and cooed "Pretty bear want a treat?" as they stretched their arms forward to make it easier for this massive death machine to take not only the crackers, but also their upper torsos. And faces. And heads.

You know how you read something in the paper and say to yourself, 'Now just how the Hell did that happen?’ Just like this, that's how.

In a way it kind of made me happy and sad at the same time. Sad because I didn't want to see anyone hurt. Happy for now Mom and I weren't the lowest fruit on the branch if you know what I mean.

Ah, the sweet contradictions of life.


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