Date:         Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:34:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bear Attacks Camper NVC
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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no kidding, in Yosemite park in Ca ........
bears tear the side right off cars........a door is really easy for a bear
to pull half off.
And they know what a cooler is for too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Bear Attacks Camper NVC


> Somehow, I don't think a battery powered lantern would have warded
> this guy off. And somebody on this list, years ago, wrote of bears who
> had learned to get their claws in the top of a car door and fold the
> window down, lest ye think that the flimsy canvas poptop is the only
> way in.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM, John C... <trvlr2001@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I've been High (no pun intended :o) in the Northern California mountains
>> and been very worried about bears !
>> I thought a motion activated, battery powered Lantern might be in order?
>> Of course, some bear spray would be nice too !!!
>> John C...
>> SLC, UT
>>
>> PS:  Now Bare Attacks Are Another Story !!!!   (happy Friday !!! :o)
>>
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> From: Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
>>
>>> Check these out! Something to think about in your pop-top.
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/sandwichhead/BearAttack?authkey=qGobsHitGWo&feat=dir
>>> ectlink
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael in San Antonio
>>> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>>