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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01CF25BB.C1C8AD20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, while snowshoeing off-trail deep in the middle of nowhere-- = actually deep within the Otter Ponds Demonstration Forest near = Mooseland, HRM =E2=80=93 I stumbled on what just might have been a bear = den. It was in an area of many fallen and uprooted trees, a = snowshoer=E2=80=99s nightmare, surrounded by frozen bog. While passing = by one clump of snow-covered nearly upside-down roots I noted a single = air vent, just big enough for my arm to reach in. It=E2=80=99s rim was = conspicuously crusted over, suggesting passage of warm and moist air. I peeked inside the air vent but, blinded by the bright noon sunshine, = saw nothing. And there was neither a flashlight nor a match to = illuminate the situation. With slight trepidation I reached inside, but = felt nothing. Just lots and lots of empty space. I heard nothing and = there were no animal tracks whatsoever in the vicinity. I considered = enlarging the air vent and taking a better look inside, but finally = decided to leave the structure alone. So I will never know whether there = was a bear inside.... Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01CF25BB.C1C8AD20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>On Saturday, while snowshoeing off-trail deep in the middle of=20 nowhere-- actually deep within the Otter Ponds Demonstration = Forest near=20 Mooseland, HRM =E2=80=93 I stumbled on what just might have been a bear = den. It was in=20 an area of many fallen and uprooted trees, a snowshoer=E2=80=99s = nightmare, surrounded=20 by frozen bog. While passing by one clump of snow-covered nearly = upside-down=20 roots I noted a single air vent, just big enough for my arm to reach in. = It=E2=80=99s=20 rim was conspicuously crusted over, suggesting passage of warm and moist = air.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I peeked inside the air vent but, blinded by the bright noon = sunshine, saw=20 nothing. And there was neither a flashlight nor a match to illuminate = the=20 situation. With slight trepidation I reached inside, but felt nothing. = Just lots=20 and lots of empty space. I heard nothing and there were no animal tracks = whatsoever in the vicinity. I considered enlarging the air vent and = taking a=20 better look inside, but finally decided to leave the structure alone. So = I will=20 never know whether there was a bear inside....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dusan Soudek</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01CF25BB.C1C8AD20--
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