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Alaska Grizzly Bear Story #2
The first is below
This adventure finds me on the banks of the world famous Russian River that runs into the world famous Kenai River with my dad. I'm in my early teens and have fished this river countless times with dad. 1/11 https://twitter.com/onehandman/status/1375198316791689216
The first is below
This adventure finds me on the banks of the world famous Russian River that runs into the world famous Kenai River with my dad. I'm in my early teens and have fished this river countless times with dad. 1/11 https://twitter.com/onehandman/status/1375198316791689216
The Russian River is one of the best rivers I've ever fished. It's a smaller river, probably 50-75 feet wide, and relatively shallow. You can easily walk across this river in most spots and you wouldn't get your waist wet. 2/11
Grizzlies love the river because the Red's (sockeye salmon) run very close to the shore and you can dang near walk across the backs of the fish because there's so many of them. 3/11
The state puts fish cleaning stations in the river and requires folks to clean their fish and leave the carcass in the water so the waste doesn't end up in garbage cans that attract the bears. 4/11
The state also built boardwalks across areas of the path that runs parallel to the river where it's marshy and wet. There's a number of these boardwalks and they vary in size from 10 ft to maybe 100-150 ft. 5/11
On one particular trip, dad and I step up on one of the boardwalks that is longer. We look down the walk and see several people that look like they're in uniform and are talking loudly. As we start down the walk one of the uniformed people yells at us to stop! 6/11
Dad and I are both confused since we can't see what they officers are concerned about. The end of the walk exits into trees and takes a left so it's kind of hard to see past the end of it and what could be down there. 7/11
We take a few more steps, at this point we're probably 20-30 ft down the walk, before the officer hollers at us and holds up a hand. At this point we know it's serious that we listen. Dad gets between me and the officers and we wait. 8/11
These walks are probably 4 ft wide so it's not like they're really that big. We're probably 30-50 ft from the river as well. At this point we hear a bunch of rustling just past where the officers are standing, in the brush. And then we see/hear why the officers were there. 9/11
A grizz then busts towards the river, crashing through the brush and leaving us very happy that we didn't move any closer.
One of the officers walks over to us and lets us know that it would be a good idea to avoid the area for a little bit to give the grizz to leave. 10/11
One of the officers walks over to us and lets us know that it would be a good idea to avoid the area for a little bit to give the grizz to leave. 10/11
Yes, you're exactly right officer, leaving the area is exactly what we did.
Bears are amazing creatures that demand the utmost respect but I've got to say I'm very thankful for these interactions. Great stories as long when you survive! 11/end
Bears are amazing creatures that demand the utmost respect but I've got to say I'm very thankful for these interactions. Great stories as long when you survive! 11/end
