Groundog's Day has nothing on Polar Bear Day.

[unknownfate]

The other day (Groundhog's Day, actually) I was driving home and I saw something out on the ice. It was a dark shape, moving pretty quickly, and pretty big. My first thought was that it was a snowmobile until I realized it didn't have any lights on and there was almost a flowing kind of motion to it. When I drove past to a place where I could see better, it was completely gone.

I thought that was strange, but didn't give it a whole lot of thought until later, when I mentioned it to one of my coworkers. She held up a finger and waved it at me and said. "That was a polar bear."

"Kind of a funny shape for a polar bear," I said. She shook her head.

"You aren't going to see a white bear on the ice in the moonlight," she said. "You saw his shadow."

I blinked at her. She went on.

"When you couldn't see him anymore? That was when he had stopped moving and was looking at you."

"So...." I gave that some thought. "Six more weeks of winter?"

She snorted something and we both trudged out into the -50 windchill.

Comments

uuummm ew

[eternal-chimera.livejournal.com]

I don't think I like the idea of a polar bear looking at me. Not even with a big old barrier between me and it.

**shudders**

I bet it looked neat though.. seeing the polar bear's shadow...

Re: uuummm ew

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

It did. Neat enough to make me stop for a better look anyway.

[slayersyrena.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you have a shotgun...

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

I have a pickaxe.

[slayersyrena.livejournal.com]

At least you didn't see THIS on your way home:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/highway_signs_zombies;_ylt=AvdOiYQD8qb6yUn6pSzi8GwDW7oF

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

Heh, I woulda laughed. And anything without circulation wouldn't have lasted long out there today. The only danger would be in running over their frozen carcasses.

[lithrael]

Wow, eek indeed.

I had an incident with a rattler a while ago but it was way too cold to get very mad (the traditional walking up on a snake who's trying to bask) so the situation wasn't as eekable. XD

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

I've been working on a rattlesnake project actually, and becoming more and more enamored of their markings. Glad yours wasn't in the mood to bite! That poison's no joke.

[(Anonymous)]

And I thought it was cold here with about -5 windchill. I just must be a chicken. As for the Polar Bear, I wouldn't mind watching him but I sure wouldn't want him watching me. Maybe next time you should keep on moving and not stop!!!! Roxanna

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

It did cross my mind while I was pulling over to look that this was what a poor soul in the first few minutes of a horror movie would be doing!

[(Anonymous)]

I would've peed my pants. lol
Katie

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

The delay of a few days helped!