Reeltruth, A few years ago myself and a buddy were fly fishing the Naha river just north of Ketchikan, it requires a boat to get to the mouth and than a mile hike up a forest service trail to get to fishable water. about a mile and a half up stream is a church youth camp which had about 20-25 kids out playing in the yard, just as Dave and I arrived here we spotted a young bear on the opposite side laying in some tall grass, about the same time the camp director spots this bear and calls all the kids inside, then proceeds to drive a quad and trailer out of a shed down to the edge of the river, inside this trailer is something that looks like a grenade launcher, this guys proceeds to launch about 5-6 flares at this bear who justs sits there watching these things sail by, kinda like someone watching a fireworks show, the bear finally gets bored or curious and comes across the river right into camp, directer getting kinda nervous takes off at a dead run back to the camp, the bear heads right over to the trailer and starts chewing things up, gets tired and laid down right against the trailer, this all took place over about 15 to 20 min. On our way out a few hours later some of the kids tell us the bear stayed for about an hour and finally wandered off. We both still laugh about that bear and the fearless camp leader.