My bear encounter in the ANF in PA.
Hanging in my hammock, I woke up with my knee hurting. Hurt like I got kicked in the knee. Heard some grunting noise. I unzipped the weather shield and was face to face with a huge bear. I could of poked him in the eye.
I was squirming to get out of the bag and the movement must of caused the bruin to walk away. The bear sat scratching its back on the little tree I hung my food bag in looking up at it.
Yelling and throwing sticks at the bear didn't make him leave. I fired my revolver into a log and the bear ran away.

I learned that bears are only after food. and I hope the bear learned to stay away during hunting season when he hears gun fire. I still slept with my food on my thru hike on the AT. I only saw one bear in SNP walking down the road near a wayside.