Bears, oh my!

So we're a little scared of meeting up with a grizzly in Alaska (we leave next Thursday)... we even tried to see this 'Grizzly Man' in Batestville this weekend so he could teach us some 'moves' to defend ourselves. :) Then, I thought I'd read some Anchorage news and saw this article.

"Howard Hawkins Junior says he found that out the hard way when he was driving to get an early morning cup of coffee Friday. He says that before he could even react, he plowed his Land Rover into a large grizzly bear running at a full gallop across one of Anchorage's busiest streets. Hawkins says he didn't stop his car, the impact did. Hawkins was uninjured. Police eventually killed the bear, a 15-year-old grizzly that was part of a state Fish and Game research study to determine how many bears there are in Anchorage.

So far this summer, 18 black bears and one grizzly have been shot in the municipality in defense of life or property. That's a higher number than normal."