Rant:October 17,2009

Ridiculous Rants and Other Observations

Rant: What good is it to call Wildlife Officers,when they won't come out after you tell them you have a bear in your yard and you can't even go out of you home at night?

Two words: Bear Season!!!

If you happen to be attacked by the bear, the National Park Service Black Bear Brochure advises you to fight back as hard as you can with any object near you. Be as loud and intimidating as you can. They suggest that playing dead is not appropriate.

Unless you want to be on the Buffet.

Black bears in North Carolina dens in November or December in hollow trees, rock crevices, or piles of leaves. These denning bears can be aroused from their deep sleep quickly, which is not like a true hibernator. Their body temperature only drops about ten degrees and their heart rate and breathing only decline a little bit. The black bear in North Carolina enters a state of dormancy or deep sleep. They wake up and forage on warm winter days.

Does this Ridiculous Rantor know where they live. The mountains of NC..Optimum word here is MOUNTAIN. Living in the mountains is liked Public Service work. You either got it, or you don't.

Ursus americanus, or the American Black Bear is unique to North America. They were here before the European settlers arrived.

That includes pretty much all of us.

I know what its like to have a bear coming to your house at night. Been there done that. Had a big one right outside my bedroom window one night around 2:00 am. Home with a little baby alone. Nothing between us but a window screen. I was petrified. Hoping I did not smell like anything that might be considered an appetizer. Black Bears are omnivorous.. I froze and he left. We saw him a few more times. But he stopped coming around when we stopped putting our garbage out at night and Bear Season opened up.

Never once did I think to call a Wildlife officer..I would have been too embarrassed and to publish it in the paper as an anonymous rant ..Egads ..It would have been etched on my tombstone.

Bears in the mountains are like pigeons in the city..They are everywhere. You just Do Not feed them.

Here are two things I know about our local bears. They are beautiful animals and if you think they wont hurt you then you need to watch When Animals Attack II.

That's why most local mountain people have guns.

Good grief..get a grip.

Blue Fire Hydrants:

It seems sad to see the red ones go away..but I really don't think its something to be offended by? Whine... Whine ...Complain...Get a life.

MACON MORON

The Franklin Press for putting fire hydrants on the front page instead of the mugging that happened on the Greenway on October 8th. A lot of people walk and run that area including my family and I. I believe that might have been more newsworthy.

When you want to fight a battle about everything..you are always at war. Choose your battles carefully. Remember GOD is videotaping everything you do.