Posted on 07/07/2017 2:38:54 PM PDT by JoeProBono
AUBURN, Maine — A professional runner from Kenya who was out training on a nature trail in the woods near his home in Maine says he encountered two charging black bears but was able to outrun them during a frantic sprint to a nearby vacant house for cover.
Moninda Marube said when he saw the bears early Wednesday his instincts kicked in and he did what he does best: run.
He told the Sun Journal that the bears were 20 yards (18 meters) away from him and a vacant house was 20 yards away in the opposite direction. So he made a run for the house, with the bears closing to within 10 yards (9 meters) by the time he found safety on the house's screened porch...............
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Why were 2 bears training in the woods?
Whereupon the homeowner shot him.
I was wondering that myself!
How can anyone say anything but “good to see such ability was put to good use?”
Except for maybe a bear with a cartoon balloon saying “what the heck was that????”
“Wow! That was my fastest time ever!”
Question: Is Obama a socialist subversive?
Answer: Do two bears train in the woods?
Reminds me of the time two dyslexic guys walked into a bra...
Well, he didn’t “outrun” them. He had a head start and barely got to cover a short distance away before they caught up to him. The fastest man on earth cannot outrun a bear.
If one of th ebears was William “the Fridge” Perry, then I can understand how the guy was able to outrun him!
He was saved by the blonde bear.
I know this guy...he’s unbearable.
Doesn’t Maine have a “stand your ground” law?
This was a 20 yard sprint. If it were a distance of over 100 yards the bears would have easily caught him in time.
In before the “you didn’t do a search” bitcher.
“Why were 2 bears training in the woods?”
Safer than training indoors ...
A black bear, brown bear, and a blonde bear find themselves lost and alone on a desert island.
They discover a genie in a bottle.
The genie awards the black bear with one wish.
The Black Bear wishes he was at home in the woods.
The genie grants his wish and the Black bear finds himself in the woods.
The genie then offers one wish to the Brown Bear.
The Brown Bear wishes he was at home in the woods.
The genie grants his wish and the Brown Bear finds himself at home in the woods.
The genie then offers the Blonde Bear a singular wish.
The Blonde Bear was lonely and wished his two bear friends were back with him.
The Kenyan has lived to tell about it.
A friend told me one time he was running in the woods when a bear started chasing him. Thinking quickly when the bear got close he would stop and when the bear slide by would reverse directions. Again when the bear got close he would stop and when the bear got close and do the same thing. The bear finally got tired and left. I told my friend it that was me instead of him I would have $hit my pants. He said what do you think the bear was sliding on?
OLO!
Beautiful!
Just occurred to me... I'd rather be chased by a pooped blonde bear than be an Olympic sprinter!
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