article_snippet: I don't know how it happened, but
article_snippet: They were moving quickly towards us, occasionally with
article_snippet: I could have reached out and touched them.
article_snippet: us quickly fell asleep on us first night, but I awoke with a start to what sounded like a bear cracking through the undergrowth.
article_snippet: A few minutes later I realised it was squirrels high up in the trees above throwing nuts and cones down on to our tent.
article_snippet: That's when I spotted a big black bear right in front of me, grunting through his huge nostrils.
article_snippet: As soon as his saw me his started to lollop away into the undergrowth.