At the beginning of this section, Bryson thinks that he heard a bear near the campsite the night before. He had a very difficult time trying to sleep after that. He heard big footstaps snapping branches around the outside of camp and when he shown the flashlight into the woods to eyes glared back at him but he could not see the size of the animal. The animal never actually came into the campsite. Katz wasn't concerned about the animal at all, only about getting his full night of sleep. They were camping right off the trail in Shenandoah National Park. When the park was first created in 1937 there were only 10 bears known to live in the area. Through the years the population increased and now it is thought that there are bears anywhere from the low to high hundreds living in the park.
bears in shenandoah national park
http://www.nps.gov/shen/naturescience/black-bear.htm
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