07-07-2006, 06:26 PM | #1 |
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A Few Years Ago
I was hiking way off the beaten track with my wife and we saw something that wasn't supposed to be there. Three things, actually: A mother grizzley and two yearling cubs. We were on a ridgeline opposite the bears. They were lolling in a meadow maybe 100 yards above the tree line. I checked them out with my binoculars. I know the difference between black bears and grizzlies and am positive that I didn't misidentify the bears.
Two days later we were back at the trailhead. There was a ranger's station so we thought we'd go in and talk to somebody. One of the rangers asked us to point out on the map exactly where we were. She then made a mark on the map, told us there had been other sightings, and asked us to not tell anyone where we saw the bears. So I'm not telling.
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07-07-2006, 06:28 PM | #2 |
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I saw a rabbit. And I'm not tellign anyone about that either.
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You should tell us where you were - I thought liberals didn't like the gov't keeping secrets. |
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07-08-2006, 11:32 AM | #5 |
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actually, it used to be conservatives that didn't like a paternalistic "we know what's good for you" secret-keeping government.
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Let the truth out, EQ. Where were you? I gotta know if I need to start holstering my S&W 500 when I'm backpacking the Uintah's. |
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