Courtesy of
KTUU:
Michael Glidden was wandering the ice-blue remains of a glacier in the Chugach National Forest Saturday when he spotted one particularly, deep, dark tunnel, he says.
The Anchorage retiree and his two American Eskimo Dogs, Shasta and Aspen, ventured inside. Temperatures had dipped to 29 degrees along the riverbeds outside.
It wasn’t until he got home and began posting pictures online that
Glidden noticed an unusual shape, hidden in the shadows, had been there
in the cave with him all long.
The photo was cloudy but the claws gave the animal away.
Good thing that bears are heavy sleepers this time of year.
Alaska, where you are constantly only yards away from something that could definitely kill you.
How come the dogs didn't alert him? And is he sure that wasn't Sarah all dolled up in a bearskin coat?
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I always assumed bears hibernated in a "cozy" den, not on a bunch of rocks in a tunnel . Also seems like the bear isn't near a food source. Is this common?
ReplyDeleteI am surprised the dogs didn't sense it.
ReplyDeleteWow, you can't even see the bear in the photo, if not for the circling of it
ReplyDeleteThat must be Track Palin sleeping off another drug induced night.. Mama Grizzly is proud.
ReplyDeleteWin!
DeleteYikes!
ReplyDeleteLesson here is always check for sleeping bears before entering caves.
I just wonder though, why didn't his dogs pick up the scent of the bear and get agitated?
Looks like there is more than one bear.
ReplyDeleteSure does
DeleteGo to the link. The dogs did alert him; they hightailed it out of there. It was pitch dark and he couldn't see a thing.
ReplyDeleteMy dog would not even have gone into the cave, but he has an amazing sniffer. When there are bears wandering around here within a few blocks, I cannot even get him out the back door, let alone off the porch. I can drag him to where he can pee onto the steps while trying to scuttle back into the house. And he is a big dog. I got him when he was a year old. He might have been frightened by a bear when he was a puppy before I adopted him.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you're seeing what you think you see. For one, that dog would have been going bonkers if that was really a bear. That is no more a bear than that polar bear up in the clouds.
ReplyDeleteI'll take his word and believe the bear is real. The only way to prove it's not is to walk up to it with stick, lift up it's chin and scream "Excuse me, but are you a bear?" And your chances are slim to none you'll even make it out of the cave.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, this was one extremely lucky man (and dogs). I've seen bear tracks up close and lets just say, it's a life altering experience, I've seen them take off and take down moose with ease, they're huge as hell and much more quick and agile than people think they are.
Only yards away from something that can kill you, like a tainted caramel apple.
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