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Reply to: #828751 by christmas6
Feb 1, 2014 7:05am
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I believe they are big cats (lions, tigers, etc.).

"Lions, and tigers, and bears. Oh my!"

That sounds like it needs a Wizard of Oz stamp to me.
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Reply to: #828760 by Oberon_Kenobi
Feb 1, 2014 7:41am
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Sorry to disappoint you, but they are bison!
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Reply to: #828753 by FloridaFour
Feb 1, 2014 7:45am
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Of course, there are fences. But you never know where a determined LB-er might wander. If I was there to see the place, I would consider the hiding-under-a-pot idea, but I don't know the place. I don't know how often the pot would get moved.
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Reply to: #828766 by Sunia
Feb 1, 2014 8:00am
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Since it is a B&B, do you know if they have a library or book shelves in a common area? Consider hollowing out a book and having your relative put it on the shelves.
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Reply to: #828757 by turkey feathers
Feb 1, 2014 8:04am
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When in AK on a trail that was known to have had grizzly bear attacks

Yikes! I stand corrected. I forgot about Alaska. And there can be individuals of various species that can go bad and need to be taken care of, especially if people have been feeding them. There was a coywolf in Nova Scotia I think it was that attacked and killed a hiker.

Just wondering...polar bear are also known to be quite dangerous. Are there any letterboxes in areas that you might come across a polar bear?
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Reply to: #828770 by Trailhead Tessie
Feb 1, 2014 8:20am
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Just wondering...polar bear are also known to be quite dangerous. Are there any letterboxes in areas that you might come across a polar bear?

Doubtful. There's only one box in Greenland and it's at the airport. There are 2 boxes in Finland, one is a driveby at the Santa Claus Village and the other is at another Santa Village. Pretty sure they don't see many free-roaming polar bears at the santa villages, but I could be wrong.
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Reply to: #828729 by Sunia
Feb 1, 2014 8:22am
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Of course, I have no idea if any boxers live in rural Indiana.

There are a few of us :)
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Reply to: #828764 by Sunia
Feb 1, 2014 9:09am
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OOOOOH!!! yeah, those are large beasts.
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Reply to: #828768 by Dizzy
Feb 1, 2014 10:05am
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Dizzy, there is a gift shop.
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Reply to: #828777 by Team Awesome Pants
Feb 1, 2014 10:08am
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Anywhere near the Ohio border?
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Reply to: #828757 by turkey feathers
Feb 1, 2014 10:24am
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When in AK on a trail that was known to have had grizzly bear attacks we opted out on a box after hiking for a bit in those qtip pines you can't see thru. No bear spray nor Smith and Wesson. This comes from someone who doesn't leave boxes behind. Just didn't feel good about situation at hand.

I agree. It is "different" boxing up there. I have been thrown off my game more than once in Alaska.
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Reply to: #828757 by turkey feathers
Feb 1, 2014 6:03pm
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When in AK on a trail that was known to have had grizzly bear attacks we opted out on a box after hiking for a bit in those qtip pines

*raises hand in agreement*

don't get me wrong. i like bears. bears are cute. bears are especially cute when they are small, black and i can see them 2-300 yards away, and they can see me, and we can all back away slowly. . .

~tigs
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Reply to: #828813 by speedsquare
Feb 1, 2014 8:08pm
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It's in Fremont, Speedsquare. Sorry, I don't know the highways.
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Reply to: #828757 by turkey feathers
Feb 2, 2014 1:15am
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No grizzly bears in my area, but we have come frighteningly close to hitting a black bear with the car twice while letterboxing! Once was here in FL, actually not too far from home, and after dark; the big fella was lumbering across the road, and they're difficult to see in the dark. The other time was in Michigan on a letterboxing vacation when a cub dashed across the road right in front of us and I had to lock up the brakes on the rental car to miss him.

Of course, we see alligators all the time. They're no cause for concern.
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Reply to: #828774 by Dizzy
Feb 2, 2014 2:17am
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There's no polar bears in Finland (except in my childhood there was some in Helsinki zoo, not sure if there's any left since I only saw brown bears I visited there last time). You have to go much farther north to Svalbard of Norway and Russia before you meet polar bears in the wild! Sorry to disappoint you if you had always thought polar bears roam free in Finland - there is regular brown bears in the wild all across the Finland though! They mostly avoid humans, so I guess there's no risk in running into one in a tourist attraction. Especially since Santa Village is most popular during winter months and bears hibernate then. However, in the late summer when wild berries are at their prime, it's recommended that berry pickers wear bells or otherwise make noise, so they can be heard from distance and won't run into a bear who didn't hear them coming.

However, if I knew some letterbox was hidden just next to a hibernating cave of a bear, I would think twice how and when it's safe to log it!
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Reply to: #828872 by lepaggoth
Feb 2, 2014 2:27am
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Correcting myself - there's polar bears in Ranua Zoo.
http://ranuazooblog.com/blog/?p=667