Eric's Bear Adventure

Hello, we've been so busy and I'm behind on updating the blog. I need to write about MS Camp and LifeLight...but that will come.
I just wanted to tell a quick story about my brother Eric having a "near-mauling" incident. Since the bear never actually put her teeth into my brother we can't actually call it a mauling (even though it would be cooler). Anywho...Eric was out in the woods a week or two ago running bear (they practice with the dogs, it's not actual hunting season yet) and separated from his hunting buddies to find his wayward dogs. While making his way through a blackberry patch he suddenly heard sticks cracking. Hoping it was his lost dogs, he was a bit taken a back when a bear popped her head up. Eric's encountered many bear in the woods and thought nothing of it, until it started running towards him at full speed and popping it's jaws at him. Yikes!! There really was nowhere to go as he was in a clearing and stuck in blackberries. Having no weapons on him also posed a small challenge. So he bravely picked up a twig, pumped his arms in the air and started screaming as loud as he could showing the bear his mighty twig. That stopped the bear briefly, probably it laughed a little inside and continued the charge. Eric contemplated life and figured at least this would be a cool way to go, something that would be remembered anyway. Luckily there was one small tree a few yards away and he was able to make a dash for it. The bear stopped at the other side of the tree and the two proceeded to play a little game of ring-around-the-rosy, Eric yelling and the bear snorting and growling so to speak. In time he started slowly backing away and was relieved when she didn't come any closer. He continued on with the backward motion and finally reached the edge of the field where he figured she wouldn't follow him into. Then he was able to run and flail like a little girl. We asked him why he doesn't wear a gun but got a lengthy and confusing story...basically I figure it comes down to its inconvenient for him with the gun laws. I'm hoping he will at least consider wearing a knife, but that didn't seem to hold any interest for him either. So I've decided he's basically insane. End of story.
Saw a great movie last night called In America. Wow.