Oh wtf, I am hijacking this thread with a REAL story in hopes of salvaging the wasted space this thread is.
I used to live in Northern California about 50 miles south of Lake Tahoe. Some buddies and I used to spend a lot of time up there when we weren't working. One particular weekend we had been drinking a bunch of Tequila and assorted beer.
Anyway, we got plenty smashed and decided it was time to leave the hotel and head to the Casino's. That night there was about 6 of us guys. So we are stumbling along down the main strip for a few minutes laughing it up and having a good old time.
Next thing we know there are people running through traffic from the other side of the street , to the side we were on. Finally we asked somebody wtf was going on...
"There's a fucking bear over there! Just walking down the sidewalk!"
We laughed and started walking off again when my friend Josh says,
"There it is! Lets CHASE it!"
Next thing I know we are running through traffic in the opposite direction of everyone else...drunk as hell...to chase a fucking bear of all things. Well, we got across the street fine and sure as shit there was a medium sized Brown Bear walking away from us. IDK who it was, but somebody charged the bear...and the rest of us followed.
The bear, actually ran away from us. It took off at the site of 6 drunken 21 - 22 y/o guys. We chased it down about 100 yards or so until it took a right turn into a little shopping center with a restaurant patio area. After about 30 seconds or so of having the bear CORNERED...(not a good idea if you know anything about Bear)...the Chef of the restaurant came out on the phone.
He was on with Animal Control. I guess that Bear had been raiding the dumpsters for a couple weeks. So when we chased him, he just ran right where he was going anyway.
All I can is, when I sobered up in the morning...all I could ask myself was:
"What the fuck were we thinking....mauled mean anything to you?"
So there....real life story...that I cant wait to tell my Gran Kids someday.