Thump in the Night

Have you ever heard anything go THUMP in the night?

Last night we did.

We were all sitting upstairs talking. It was about 11:00 PM. All the windows are open to enjoy the night air. Suddenly, we hear the sound of a large plastic container being tumbled around.

Now a couple of weeks ago our trash can was turned over and the trash was strewn about. I thought it was either a dog or raccoons. It wasn't a big mess so I din't think much of it.

This time I was going to catch them in the act. I ran down stairs and opened up the garage door. I grabbed a flashlight (the batteries were kinda dead so it didn't work too well) and looked around the corner were the trash can was located. I couldn't see much, but as I staired into the darkenss by the side of the house, this is what I saw.

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This is kind of what it looked like but it was darker

American Brown Bear

This is what he was doing

I quickly ran back into the house, grabbed my 10mm pistol and ran to the back door. I fired one shot into the ground and came back into the house. My sister-in-law said she saw it take off like a spooked horse into the darkness.

I wasn't sure if I could legally shoot it so we still don't have a bear rug in front of the fireplace.

I love living in the mountains!