Dog hailed as hero after bear encounter

cnn.com ^ | 5/10/2017 | David Williams

[rktman]

Kenzie Campbell says on Sunday he took Momo on a hike at Banff National Park in Alberta with his girlfriend and another friend.

They didn't get very far on the Cascade Ampitheatre Trail. "We just made it to the trailhead and walked around a corner and the bear was maybe 20 feet away," Campbell said. They backed slowly out of the woods, but the bear followed and charged. "At this point, the bear was 15 feet from my girlfriend and the dog was barking and growling, so I let the dog go and she distracted the bear while we ran," he said. It took them about a half hour to make it back to the parking lo

[rktman]

Just a little respite from the usual politically depressing stuff we post. Good pup. ;-)

If you go out in the woods today...........

[JBW1949]

When I was younger, I ran a string of Plott Hounds and hunted black bear in Tennessee and Canada...Bears don’t like dogs at all...They will run or “tree” from dogs...

[blueplum]

Chinese dogs and bears?

yesterday was Ba Mao (meat bun) today Mo Mo ? (quiet love) what are the chances?!

[Freemeorkillme]

Wait! Kenzie is a man’s name?

[deadrock]

Probably short for Mackenzie. Mackenzie King was a male PM. Or it could be a queer.

[rktman]

Canada? I mean their “male” premier is named justine right?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Every third person in Canada is named Mackenzie.

First name Gordon...

[dangerdoc]

And mountain lions will go for a dog over a person. A dog on the trail with you is a good thing.

[SamuraiScot]

Probably short for Mackenzie. Mackenzie King was a male PM. Or it could be a queer.

Down, boy. Just watch the bit of video. The girlfriend is a girl, etc. These are normal people.

[Dr. Sivana]

Every third person in Canada is named Mackenzie.

Except in Quebec, where one-third are named Le Blanc, and all descended from the one Le Blanc who had eight sons.

[Thank You Rush]

Could we entice Hillary to take a stroll through those woods by any chance? Maybe for a huge check? We’d all contribute for that purpose, I’m sure.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

It looks like it may be a Carolina Dog.

[JBW1949]

It sure does......

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was in a meeting in Toronto years ago.
Three of the five attendees were Gordon...

[Dr. Sivana]

I was in a meeting in Toronto years ago.

I worked in Madison Wisconsin, and three of the guys in our ten-man group were named Eric. It would probably be worse (better?) in Minnesota.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

At work one day I turned a corner and abruptly met a group of three acquaintances/friends who were heading to coffee break. I did a take and said,

“Three blind Mikes.”

[Dr. Sivana]

“Three blind Mikes.”

And they all had a chance to marry Ronald Reagan's first wife.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We lived in Minnesota for 16 years.
There were Svens, Olys and at least one Hokan...

[gnickgnack2]

I was in a meeting in Toronto years ago.
Three of the five attendees were Gordon...

So, just another tongue-in-cheek joke from those most-clever Canadians Barenaked Ladies on their first album, Gordon. They used the name Gordon throughout their liner notes...I didn’t know it was a Canadian “thing”, but I did have the opportunity to advise them they missed one great Gordon, Artemis Gordon.