A Growler When Bear-ly Awake: Day 11 on the Long Trail

At 1 a.m. Jon and I are awoken with a start. Something big is crashing unsteadily up the stairs into the shelter.
BEAR my sleeping mind screams.
I sit up quickly, throwing my sleeping bag off my face and grabbing Dobby as he begins to bark madly. I look up and am blinded by the light from a headlamp pointed directly into my eyes.
“Sorry, I’m Growler,” the headlamp says.
Since bears can’t talk I grumpily lie back down and am asleep as soon as my heart calms and my head hits the pillow.
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