In August 1984 I got a request to pick up some oil drilling supplies in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at one location and two boxes of food at another and take them to an oil drilling campsite.  I picked up what was required and headed out to Nordegg, which is located in West Central Alberta, Canada,  on a nice warm sunny day.
 
 

       Later that night as I was traveling through the bush on a gravel road I happened to drive too close to the edge and got stuck.
 
 

        I thought I was about five miles from the camp and I didn't have a phone to call for help, so I waited in the truck until help arrived.   Nobody came, so I laid down on the trailer to sleep in the warm fresh air.    Shortly after, I woke up and decided to sleep in the truck, as it was more comfortable. When morning came I got up and was walking around for a while when I noticed Black Bear tracks around the trailer.   I then noticed that one box of food was gone and the other ripped open.    The bears had attacked my food!     I'm glad that I didn't sleep on the trailer for too long.
 
 

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