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Last tear a few friends and I went on a trip to Alaska
We wanted to escape the rat race live in the
wilderness and get in touch with nature.
But we got a touch too close.
Arriving in Anchorage after a twenty six hour flight
from Sydney.
We were a bit jet lagged but looking forward to our adventure.
We rested up at Anchorage for a few days to acclimatise and
find our land legs
Then we chartered a single engine plane to fly to the back of beyond
Our plan was to be dropped off in the middle of nowhere for Seven days
With nothing but the clothes we were wearing plus some camping fishing
and hunting gear.
Our Pilot a local Innuit named Sammy Whaletooth circled around a few
times before the conditions were safe for a landing
I have to admit I am not fond of flying especially in a single engine craft
But our Pilot came in nice and steady
And the landing was as smooth as a Babies butt
We unloaded our gear and Sammy handed me a Satellite phone
to use in case of an emergency
Sammy gave us the Co ordinates and said that he would meet us
back here in Seven days at 10.00 am
After thanking Sammy and waving goodbye the four of us stood there
for a minute
Realising that we were on our own in a Foreign Country for a week
I felt excited and scared at the same time.
But before I go any further let me introduce my three friends
Allan Anderson Graham Sharp friends of many years
And my on again off again Girlfriend Mitzy Freemont
After setting up our tents and making a fire we had some Lunch
and then we went exploring
Hoping to catch some Fish we took our Rods and a Rifle just in case
We came upon a Creek about a Mile from camp
Hopefully we can catch a shitload of Salmon
After fishing for about an hour we have caught a dozen Salmon
But you can only eat so much Fish I am hoping to bring down a Stag
Just then a little Bear cub comes running up to us
Jesus shit when there is a Bear cub you can bet your nuts that Mama Bear
isn’t far behind
I tell the others to back away and not to go near the cub
I get my Rifle ready and we start to back away
Then came a Blood curdling scream bounces off the Mountain
And fills the air with hate
Mama Bear is racing towards us she is only twenty feet away
I raise the Rifle and take aim and hope for the best
I did hit Mama Bear but only a flesh wound in her front left paw
But it was enough to stop her charge
And with one last menacing look she limped off after her Cub
The Four of us raced back to camp as fast as our Legs would go
We packed up our equipment and started to hike North
Our plan was to put some distance between us and the Grizzley Bears
We hiked for about two hours and we started to calm down a bit
We came upon a small Lake and thought that it would be a good spot
to set up
We pitched our tents and started a fire and Allan a I went hunting for Meat
Luckily for us a group of Dear were nearby
I took aim pulled the trigger and down went a small Deer
Meanwhile 15 miles away a Mama Grizzley Bears Ear pricks up at
the sound of the gunshot
She remembers that sound she looks down at the nasty wound
in her paw
She has only one thing on her mind and that is revenge
Back at camp the four of us are eating roast Venison
We are feeling relaxed laughing and telling stories
At around Midnight everybody agrees that it is time to hit the sack
Allan goes to his tent Graham to his and Mitzy and I adjourn to our
tent of lust
Mama Grizzley can smell the cooked meat
And there is another smell the smell of Humans
The wound in her paw has turned septic and the infection is flowing
in her Blood heading to her Brain
Mitzy is feeling frisky and soon our loins are joined in a loving union
We were just about to reach Utopia when a loud roar filled the air
I pull on my underpants and race outside and by the light of the Moon
I can see Allan being dragged away by a Grizzley Bear
The Bear has Allans Head in its Jaws and with a crunch Allan is dead
We stand there stunned as the Grizzley Bear starts to feed
She just eats the choice bits and then leaves the rest for the Wolves
I grab the rifle from the tent Graham is hysterical and Mitzy is trembling
Then I remember the Satellite phone in my backback
I can hardly dial the number my fingers are numb
Come on Sammy pick up anybody pick up the phone
Christ you would think we were at the North Pole
Oh that’s right we are
Sammy finally picks up and I explain the situation and Sammy tells me
to go to the pick up point
And he will get there as fast as he can
Mama Grizzleys Brain is festering she is drooling from the mouth
But she can still smell that smell
Her Cub want be safe until that smell is gone
I smell a smell rotting Meat the smell of decay the smell of death
I cant believe my eyes as I see the Grizzley charge and it is limping
Don’t tell me that it is the same Bear that I shot?
She sure does hold a grudge it was only a misunderstanding
Graham just stands there as the Grizzley rips off his face
His body doesn’t seem to understand that it is dead
Then he falls to the ground
Then the Grizzley stands on her hind legs she stands Ten feet tall
With claws five inchs long with Teeth good for shredding and tearing
I am shitting Mitzy is peeing we don’t know what to do
Me and Grizz make eye contact and she knows that I am the man with the Gun
Before I know it she has clawed my Face the blood gets in my Eyes
I go to the ground
I feel the weight of the Bear upon me
Its breath smells like a broken sewer pipe that has been out in the Sun for a week
I say a prayer I say goodbye
I wait for the pain I wait for the end
But nothing happens
Then I realise that the weight is a dead weight
Mama Grizzley is dead
I wriggle out from under all that fur
And then I see Mitzy laying on the ground
She isn’t moving she isn’t breathing
Then I notice all the blood coming from between her legs
The Bear must have Clawed her Femerol Artery
I wrap a shirt around my head to hold it together And then I start to head south
Don’t think that I am cold hearted but there is nothing I can do for my friends
and lover
I can hardly see where I am going but I just close my mind and walk
I walk I cry I walk I cry
I am on my last legs when I finally reach the pick up point
I sit down and wait for Sammy
I hang my Head and think about the last few days
About an hour later it is not Sammy who has come to the rescue
but the Police in a Helicopter
But the first person to disembark is Sammy along with an Inspector
Morrell of the Alaskan Police
I am instructed to board the Helicopter and to point it in the right direction
The carnage is clear to see from the air and the Helicopter lands nearby
Soon Inspector Morrell that he is heading back to Anchorage and that I will
accompany him
I take one final look at the killing field
The adventure of a lifetime has turned into the adventure from hell
A week later the Qantas flight touches down in Sydney
Allan Graham Mitzy and I went to the other side of the world
And only I came back alive
I watch as the body bags are loaded on to the Hearses
And with a final salute
I say goodbye to my friends.
THE END.
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