We had an encounter with a bear out in the Little Wilson Creek Wilderness Area over Labor Day weekend. He came into our camp, stole a pack, the pack that was stole had food in it. The rest of us hung our food and cook gear. I woke up to a sniffing noise outside my tent, when I came out of tent he was there. I yelled, he ran off. We found the pack about a hundred yards away. He did come back about 6 more times but was easily ran off by us getting in a group yelling and waving arms over head.
I never felt threatened and know if all precautions of hanging would have been followed the pack would have not been taken. After all we were in his living room tempting him with a meal.
I can't say if it was the same bear or not.