When you visit a church camp you're aware that you're separated from civilization. When you take a walk late at night, for whatever reason, and it's usually for whatever reason, you can't help but wonder what that rustling in the darkness might be.

It's probably a raccoon, or a smaller animal, as frightened of you as you are pretending that you're not frightened of it.

But it could be a bear. It's an unnerving experience to see a bear close up. Bears in the wild are the epitome of untamed nature. They don't fit into neat categories. They're certainly not sympathetic to humans, like dogs, or tolerant, like cats. People are not safe around bears. Bears have their own agenda. They act according to their own reason, with their own internal logic. You can't control a bear, but if your luck ho…