Bear in the Cabin
#Location/US/Pennsylvania #Area/Woods #Building/Cabin #Animal/Bear
My family (along with 4 others) own a hunting cabin deep in the woods of Pennsylvania. When hunting season is out the cabin becomes a vacation spot for these families, we would often all end up there during 4th of July weekend.
One year my parents decided to take me, my uncle (3 years older than me) and my 2 childhood friends, up the the cabin for easter.
My parents decided to go out to the bar for a bit and leave us kids at the cabin alone, the youngest of us was 7 at the time and the oldest was 14. Its cold and there is 8in of snow on the ground, the sun has started to set and the four of us have gathered around the table in front of the wood stove and are playing uno.
We have several battery operated lamps set about in the cabin as well as two out side to light the walk way for my parents when they come back. Just as we are finishing a game and getting ready to take the 30 yard walk to the outhouse we start to hear the snow below the window crunch.
Being kids we all a bit uncomfortable but reminded ourselves that we were in nature and it was probably just deer, finally after some coxing me and the other 2 girls convinced my uncle to peek out the window, he said he saw nothing. As soon as he sat back down we started to hear a low grunt and a heavy creaking sound on the front porch.
Now, before my parents left they gave my uncle keys to the gun cabinets and a run down on what gun to use if there was trouble. So like any good protector he arms himself.
We hear heavy breaths and heavy paws on the porch just on the other side of the door, those heavy paws then start to crash repeatedly into the front door.
All 4 of us ran upstairs and locked the wooden door like it would provide any kind of protection from the 400lb black bear that was trying to break into our cabin. About 10 minutes go by and we finally hear the front door fall and the bear is IN THE CABIN WITH US!
He rummaged threw the downstairs for about a half hour, as a small frightened child it felt like for ever, until he finally left. Never attempted to come upstairs for us. My parents were happy we were all alright and never left us alone that long again.