Speaking of bears. I never saw one up close but I do have a scary bear/woods story from back when I was like 21.

I was in the Pocono mountains in PA camping with my GF at the time and her family. We snuck off into the woods to get a little private time on a blanket.

We left the spot and went back to the car to leave and she realized she had forgotten something back in the woods. I went back to get it and ended up getting lost in the woods.

I was walking and walking and walking for hours and finally I see a clearing up ahead in the woods that I was sure was a property or road or something. As I got to the area I noticed it was not human property, but BEAR property. The bears had knocked down all the smaller trees in the area and you could see all the claw marks in the trees. I started to move away from the area but man was I scared I would take ten steps and stop and listen. This went on until I was far away from the clearing.

I walked and walked and walked and finally came out to a road almost 12 miles from the campsite. I had to walk all the way back too and did not make it back to the campsite until after dark. I screwed up everyone's day because we were supposed to leave around 11am but did not get out until after 9pm.