Originally Posted by
mschwett
little!!! i'd be scared ****less.
I encountered a much larger one at much, much closer of a distance two years before. Black bears are, for the most part, harmless and try to avoid human conflict. I actually yelled “Yessss!” when I saw him. That caused him to stop and check me out, which gave me time to get some photos. There are also grizzlies in that part of NW Montana. Wasn’t lucky enough to see one.
That same morning the campground host saw a lion up a different road. Jumped down from some rocks and ran in front of his truck for a while. Said it was his third sighting of the year, and it was still June.