There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
10-12-2018, 12:38 PM( This post was last modified: 10-12-2018, 12:41 PM by brotherbear )
TRUE GRIZZ by Douglas H. Chadwick.
( Doug Chadwick reflecting back to himself as a preteen boy )...
From the advanture books and sportsmen's magazines heaped in my room, I'd gathered that people in the woods were always having ripsnorting run-ins with grizzly bears. For hardcore outdoorsmen, it was practically an obligation. If there were such things as average-sized grizzlies, I'd never heard about any, only about awesome grizzlies - that was the stock term - weighing at least half a ton. A tower of gut-crunching terror every time. With red eyes that glowed like embers. Crazed with bloodlust. Slavering foamy spit. I figured some of this was what Dad would call happy horseshit, but a lot of it must be true. How else could so many adults wind up with the same stories of humongous, berserker bears? Besides, I didn't have much else to go on.