Encounter with bears

The forest of VASOTA are famous for Bears, Big cats, Wild dogs, Bisons n many more species.

We started climb to Nageshwari at around 5:30 in eve, aiming to hit the top by 11PM.

Climb was very hectic!

6:15 PM.. Dusk was falling... Not much of light, but not even full dark. This is the time when predators come out...

So on a ridge, we were walking slow (dragging feet like boys who don't want to go to school)

and suddenly heard some GHASSFUSS sound in grass some 30 feet down.

AAAAAAAND what...

a hefty dark black figure was walking with heavy steps!

bears can smell from as long as 2 Km depending on wind direction!

next moment it realised that we are watching.... 

the roar it made is JUST unforgettable...

Our guide Shantaram threw a big stone towards it...

Another powerful ROAR !

It was really angry.

We too then started throwing stones n shouting Growling at the bear.... To scare it off!

(This was needed else sometimes the bears tend to track u by smell and attack from behind!)

suddenly we saw two more smaller black shapes following the big one....

They were Kiddo-bears... and the first one was mom.. no wonder she was so aggressive.

Finally after some more growling they raised speed...

and disappeared in the Tall grass and bushes...

husshhhhhhh

Though scary, it was fun too...

We were never so happy on a trek... PAISA VASOOL...