Great bear story. Being within a few feet of a bear is always fun.
I will add another story. When I was living in Slave Lake midnight golf tournaments where a big thing. Fairly dark and golf with a glow ball. My buddy and I like golf tournaments but we weren't all that fond of actually golfing. We decided it would be great fun to take a bear hide, sit in the bushes by the ninth hole, drink some beers and growl and run at anyone who came near the bushes. Everyone ran like hell and never figured out it wasn't a bear. It was all friggin hilarious until about two hours go by and we see a couple of flashlights coming at us from the club house. Just as they were getting close enough to the bush for us to start our fun run we hear the sound of a 12 gauge pump being racked. We decided to just hide in the bush for that group.
snuck back to the club house after they left. Waited till the prize presentations to tell the golfers the bear was us.