Alice, I heard a thing on NPR, last year, or read it in the paper, that they did an experiment with that bear spray. Put a whole bunch of it near a watering place on a creek. The bears gathered around and literally rolled in it, acting as cats do with catnip. This is the repellent they tell folks to spray on their kids, etc. Apparently, they've decided it doesn't do much maybe attract them!

kat