Originally Posted by
sleddog
What remarkable husband/wife team has 5 total Singlehanded Transpacs to their credit, with two overall wins?
I just got a note from the above persons at their home near Port Townsend. Seems there was an intruder on their deck at night, not wearing Covid protection...
"Well, this isn't one of those "I saw this on the Internet" video things, this was a real live bear that came to our house Saturday night at about 10:45, walked along the deck and looked inside while we were in the
house watching TV. He did it while the lights were on the deck and he could hear the television since we were in the living room adjacent to the kitchen. As a point of reference, I used the height of the door
knob on the sliding door to see how tall he was at the shoulders, that's 43" high and as you saw, he was able to look over the light at the side of the door so on his hind legs, he's taller than the door so about 7'
or so. That fella ain't no lightweight! He destroyed a few bird feeders. I was able to repair two and we tossed two. One has teethmarks in it. We are normally very vigilant about making sure the feeders are in but we forgot them that night and the rest is history. But was have also known that there was one around, however this is the first time any of us have videoedthe dude. He has visited our neighbors and encouraged them to replace their bird feeders with new ones so we shouldn't be surprised. There has been clear cutting behind our house so he may have been displaced. It isn't his fault there is a loss of their habitat. On the plus side, he looks healthy, he didn't sneeze and I don't think he had a fever!"