bear safety

.....so for those of you who know me well know i suffer from having severe phobias....to save myself embarrassment i will only list one of those extreme phobias....that phobia is a phobia of .....(please don't laugh too hard) bears, cougars and moose.......

.....i however am married to a die hard backpacker/camper who just cannot wait to go backpacking with me....i would go backpacking everyday of my life if it weren't for those three animals listed above (plus a few others).....

.....in order to rid myself of these fears so that i can please the Husband i love so very much..we attended a TWO hour bear safety class at BYU and this is what i learned

don't use fruit smelling shampoo....or the bear just might smell it and attack...(really happened)...they really like citrus smells

don't play dead....the bear just thinks your stupid and then has an easy dinner

guns only prevent attacks 53% percent of the time while bear spray prevents about 92% but make sure it is not in your car or still packaged up because from experiences he shared with such detail i learned it doesn't help

never move to alaska if you are afraid of bears

oh and my favorite...the one he started class off with...BEARS WILL ATTACK YOU....some are PREDATORS and will just attack for no reason....awesome info dude..

thats just a taste....if you need more info let me know...cause i am totally expert....and i will teach you the same way he did...i'll start out with the most gruesome bear story i know and then tell how you could prevent being becoming just like that person(non-existent)....

so as for success for riding myself of this phobia....he sure wasn't using any systematic desensitization techniques....but for every intensely scary story he told...he did offer a solution...so i guess maybe we will see if his type of psychological deconditioning of phobias worked....i'll call it the "scare the pants of them then give them the good news" method :) I am hopeful....


p.s.. nothing to do with bears but the voice of Mickey Mouse died yesterday ( have a moment of silence if needed) but I found a wonderful thing out....the people who did the voices for Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married ....in real life....doesn't that just make you smile....