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When I was a kid growin' up wild in weeds of Upstate NY my old man used to tell me if ya ever get attacked by a bear the best way to survive was.......wait until the bear was inches from yer face and at the last second while his mouth was open spit in it.
That's right hang a big ol' loogey right in his mouth, he told me that bears bein' very scent oriented animals would be startled by the intense new and unusual scent from a human and this would confuse the bear givin' ya time to make yer escape.
Now before ya'll start sayin' ain't true can't work let me tell ya a little story:
I was about 14 and my brother was 12, we were always at each other like brothers that age often are, anyway one day my brother was in a foul an irritable mood and I couldn't resist pushin' his buttons all day long.
Anyway it was just before dinner time and my mom told us to go wash up fer supper and seein' as how we only had one bathroom I took advantage of another opportunity t irritate my brother even more.
I start poundin' on the bathroom door and tryin' to pick the lock to get 'em out, well he unlocks the door and comes chargin' at me like a wild bear.
That's when it hits me, all the stuff my old man told me about stoppin' a bear, so I suck up and hurl the biggest loogey I could in my brothers mouth....
That's when I see the magic work, my brother stumbles back and stutters, "Son of a bit... you moth..you spit in my mouth" add spittin' and coughin' sounds where needed, this went on for at least 2 minutes, givin' me enough time to beat a hasty retreat before he could get his hands on me.
I won't tell how he got even, I'll save that for another day, anyway I started thinkin' as a last ditch method of escape I wonder if it could really work, I mean think about it, bears bein' sensory animals it might overload their senses and give ya the time ya need to escape.
That's right hang a big ol' loogey right in his mouth, he told me that bears bein' very scent oriented animals would be startled by the intense new and unusual scent from a human and this would confuse the bear givin' ya time to make yer escape.
Now before ya'll start sayin' ain't true can't work let me tell ya a little story:
I was about 14 and my brother was 12, we were always at each other like brothers that age often are, anyway one day my brother was in a foul an irritable mood and I couldn't resist pushin' his buttons all day long.
Anyway it was just before dinner time and my mom told us to go wash up fer supper and seein' as how we only had one bathroom I took advantage of another opportunity t irritate my brother even more.
I start poundin' on the bathroom door and tryin' to pick the lock to get 'em out, well he unlocks the door and comes chargin' at me like a wild bear.
That's when it hits me, all the stuff my old man told me about stoppin' a bear, so I suck up and hurl the biggest loogey I could in my brothers mouth....
That's when I see the magic work, my brother stumbles back and stutters, "Son of a bit... you moth..you spit in my mouth" add spittin' and coughin' sounds where needed, this went on for at least 2 minutes, givin' me enough time to beat a hasty retreat before he could get his hands on me.
I won't tell how he got even, I'll save that for another day, anyway I started thinkin' as a last ditch method of escape I wonder if it could really work, I mean think about it, bears bein' sensory animals it might overload their senses and give ya the time ya need to escape.
