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by Mark G.
(Plainfield, Il)
This story was submitted on our Funny RVing Stories Page.
It was a dark and stormy night...
Well, maybe not; I'll start over. It was a beautiful July day as we pulled into the campground in the Black Hills. We were assigned Site number 100, which was a little tight but nice as it's off the main field back in the trees and against a fence bordering a national forest.
Across the fence is a steep, boulder-strewn hill about 60' tall, behind which the sun would set in the next 45 minutes. It took me a few minutes to set up, and I started the grill as the DW made me a libation. Ahhhhhhhh...
We were just finishing dinner, the wife and I at the picnic table behind the rig and almost against the fence as the sunset behind the hill. The kids were all in the MH watching a movie when I noticed something LARGE and BLACK moving rapidly towards us from the crest of the hill. It was hard to tell what it was as the light was rapidly fading, but it was coming right toward us. The wife had her back to the hill, but I was facing it directly and had a fair view as this "thing," which was beginning to resemble a BEAR, gingerly moving around a few of the larger boulders as it continued rapidly towards us.
At this point, I was overcome with a sudden rush I can only think was adrenalin and a heartsick feeling that this wasn't