I thought about you, Matt, first thing when I heard about it. The bike in the picture before is a Raleigh - Brooks saddle, racks, bar end shifters. My heart panicked a little bit when I saw that and then realized the ages of the two guys involved were younger than us so it wouldn't be you.

I know it's a rare thing but I've had a large bear cross the road in front of me up there. But we've also had cats here surrounding our property each of the past 3-4 yrs including a 135lb male the state trapped after it killed a neighbor's dog. A few times while riding in pretty remote areas I have had the hair on my neck stand up and I had that 6th sense feeling I was being watched. I definitely rode a little faster after that.