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So this morning around 4:00 am I wake to hear banging around on the front porch. This little log home has a full farmers porch. I chaulk it up to the wind or a squirrel as I have a couple bird feeders out. Then, just as I lay my head down I hear a louder bang. Ok, so that couldn’t have been a squirrel….”Jim, Jim, wake up, something is on the front porch”….”JIM, WAKE UP!!” Automatically he thought it was a racoon or a porcupine…Nope, wrong….
I know the pic is a mess, I wasn’t up to taking a great photo at 4:00 in the morning being 10 feet from a huge bear. It was bigger then it looks in the photo, the porch is a good 4 feet tall. The scariest thing was that it didn’t care we were right there inside taking pictures and turning on lights and making noise! It stood there for a bit and looked at us while we looked at it. Finally it left, but came back 5 minutes later. This time it climbed the stairs and was half way on the porch!! I startd yelling and banging on the door & wall and it half heartedly took off. Then we turned on ALL the outside lights, no more visits…I cleaned up all the seed and put the feeders in the basement, poor birds….
I am scared to be here now. I really have an irrational fear of bears. I have nightmares about them and i even stopped walking in the woods and roads because of it. so, as you can imagine, I’m not very happy right now. Hubby was supposed to stay over tonight in Boston due to a dinner with 2 doctors, but changed his mind when he saw how nervous I am being here….Hurry up Saterday, moving into the new house finally….
That is scary! No stopping it if it wants to get into the house. I like nature, but that’s a little too up close and personal.
Yes, exactley! I love nature too, and i even think it was a little cool to see the bear…..but then I realize it was a friggin bear for real and not on animal planet……Oh, and by the way, my dog slept thru the whole thing 🙄
Well your dog isn’t much of a guard dog…mine would have been barking their fool heads off.
Thankfully the bear wasn’t too interested in the birdseed, usually they will scare off, but I’ve never had the opportunity to test that theory. I know you are scared of bears, but I would have been fascinated to see one so up close and personal, talk about a rare occurance in these times.
At least in this area of Idaho it would be rare anyway.
Glad he didn’t decide he “had” to come into the house.
Kyrin
😆 Every little sound has me thinking the bear is back….No, my dog isn’t much of a guard dog at all. I wish she would have been barking. At some point we will get another pooch, hopefully one that will protect us a little more then delilah does 😆
It was after the bird seed no doubt. It pulled the feeder down and pried it open. It was a wooden feeder tho, so I think it can be nailed back together. Anyway, I picked up all the 3 bags of seed I had on the porch(right by the door ofcourse), pulled the feeders in and shop vac’d all the seeds and mess. Hopefully the bear will not even come back, but knowing that bears are opportunistic and smart, I’m sure it will at some point tonight. with any luck it won’t find anything interesting and will just leave….My Mom and dad laughed at me because I wanted to know if I should vacuum up the spilled seed on the grass from where the feeder fell…
Heh, apparently cats are better bear repellents than dogs.
I’ve seen several videos and some photos of cats running bears off (stupid bears).
Maybe you should get a cat?
Oh wow! 😯 Still, it’s kinda neat, no?
But then again, in our case, my husband’s an equiped hunter, so we would have watched fascinated, but we would have been ready if the bear had decided to see if he liked the inside of the house.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmNope, no ‘coons here! I actually do have my hubby’s 40mm pistle ready to go, up in the closet where the kids can’t reach it. doesn’t help tho, I’m still terrified right now. SO silly i know, but I can’t help it. every footfall is freakin me out. I hate being here alone with the kids, and me being so scared. Plus, my nervousness is freaking everyone else out, except ofcourse the dog…I do have ALL the outside lights on I could find switches for, so this place is lite up like NY on New Years Eve, hope that helps….
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