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Mountains cast spells on me - Why, because of the way Earth-heaps lie, should I be Chocked by joy mysteriously; stilled or drunken-gay? Why should a brown hill trail Tug at my feet to go? Why should a boggy swale Tune my heart to a nameless tale Mountain marshes know?
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He lost me at patty cake. Bs

He was probably on drugs and got too close to the cubs, the mother attacked him then a lion prevented him from getting killed as the mother backed off
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The guy sounds like a loon to me, but I like his wife.

As for lessons learned "He doesn't learn". I've heard that before...
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This can't be real. Patty cake does seem far fetched.
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SeracZack wrote:
tmathews wrote:Well, in this case, a comma wouldn't have clarified the content of the article. I think a comma would have made it appear that he was first attacked by a bear, then saved by it.
Man attacked, saved by bear. To me sounds like he was attacked, but you don't know by what, and then saved by the bear. I get what you are saying though.
Man attacked, saved, by bear. Perhaps the bear was simply nearby.
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Bummer, I thought Bear Gryllis had saved this man from an attack :(
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Sounds to me like the man's patty cake with the cub was from a previous encounter and he was saying that the mother bear probably recognized him from previous times in the woods. Pretty crazy but cool.
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Not only is the title lacking a certain... grammatical correctness... but this post probably should have included a poll about approximately what percentage of it is fictional.
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I think the scenario that assumes the hiker was loaded on drugs is by far the most plausible... lots and lots of drugs... and good ones.
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The article said the man is a "naturist." I thought that is another term for "nudist."
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WheelerDealer wrote:The guy sounds like a loon to me, but I like his wife.

As for lessons learned "He doesn't learn". I've heard that before...

Talk about standing by your man. :)
Mountains cast spells on me - Why, because of the way Earth-heaps lie, should I be Chocked by joy mysteriously; stilled or drunken-gay? Why should a brown hill trail Tug at my feet to go? Why should a boggy swale Tune my heart to a nameless tale Mountain marshes know?
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