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Bear Hugs

People who give bear hugs are very charming people to me, always expressing themselves open and affectionately, it doesn't matter if they're male or female or if their black of white, after feeling down and then getting hugged you suddenly feel loved and feather light, but don't do what a guy named Timothy Treadwell did which to me was a little extreme, if you read about it which happened in the 1990's you will plainly see, when out in the wilds of Alaska he'd get friendly with the grizzlies, hanging out and hobnobbing with the giant ferocious creatures, he'd wander up to each one of them as if they were teddy bears trying to reach out and touch and almost hug them, and in one video of him it looked like he was trying to play tag your it in it, now most of the grizzlies ignored him thinking oh its just that crazy Tim, and Tim thought hey these bears love me and getting killed is very slim, when one fateful day as Timothy and his girlfriend were in their tent about to leave they had quite a surprise, a mean old grizzly bear came calling with nothing but revenge on his bear mind, who had had enough of Tim and his grizzly bear handling ways, and if only Tim had hugged his own kind he and his girlfriend would still be alive today.

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Date: 9/17/2016 11:57:00 PM
Animal and man...it brings out the difference. We talk of them but they don't (Reminds me of "Life of Pi" of Ang Lee. :)Well penned
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Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 9/18/2016 6:49:00 AM
Thanks so much Sunita, you are very kind!:)

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