We've encountered bears on at least four separate occasions. Once I was stupid enough to leave our cooler on the picnic table when we went to bed. Bear woke us during the night cleaning out all the food. He pretty much ate everything in the cooler. On another occasion we were camped near a stream and watched as a bear walked across a log over the stream near out camp ground. Also ran into a young grizzly in Canada who was attracted by the fish cooking on our grill. Game warden who showed up said he was probably about a one year old, who'd just been turned lose by his mother. People accuse me of attracting bears.