Then there's the story of the fishing party at a remote camp. They were city folk with a Maine guide leading them. Every morning one of the campers would have to go to a nearby spring for the fresh water. One morning the water carrier came running into camp without his bucket and pale as a sheet.

"What happened?" the other campers asked.

"There's a bear in the spring!" he answered.

The guide laughed, "oh, there ain't nothin' to worry about. That bear is as scared of you as you are of it."

"Oh, well then, that water ain't fit to drink."