Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in netmail to Ardith Hinton:   
      
   DM>  lakes and rives in Alaska and northwestern states such as   
      
   DM>  Idana,   
        |Idaho or Indiana?  Idaho is a northwestern state.   
      
   DM>  Montana, Washington an Wyoming.   
      
      
                I presume your source is an author who lives in the USA.  We also   
   have grizzly bears here, in British Columbia & in the Yukon Territory....  ;-)   
      
      
      
   DM>  Although sightings are not very common, these huge animals   
   DM>  are the most dangerous of all bears and can can easily kill   
   DM>  or seriously injure humans. They can be unpredictabe and   
   DM>  be rocious, especially when they are hungey, injured or with   
   DM>  their cubs. So, if a bear approaches you, don't run and if   
   DM>  you are attacked, lie face down and play dead.   
      
      
                While I've received similar advice, I have no personal experience   
   with grizzly bears.  But there are black bears in the mountains near Vancouver   
   ... and sometimes they wander into campgrounds or suburban areas.  Chances are   
   they're sick, injured, and/or hungry.  Luckily, on the few occasions when I've   
   encountered them, I noticed them before they noticed me....  :-))   
      
                Do you still have bears in Russia?   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)