definitely when i was @ my Uncle's house in Orrington, ME.. he lives farther out in the boonies than i do..
he'd recently been having problems with the bears ripping apart his gigantic heavy duty trashcans! (you should've seen the claw marks)..
i had run outside to go to the bathroom 'cause @ night i don't like to go upstairs where everyone else is sleeping, and i stepped around the corner to take a leak.. on the opposite side of the house his dog started flipping out! barking it's teeth out!
i didn't know what was going on and i didn't have a flashlight since i was just stepping around the corner (now i know better).. as soon as i stepped out of the reach of the dim light spilling out the screen door i couldn't hardly see a thing..
so i walk over towards the dog kennel to make sure the dog is aright, and when i turn around there's a huge (@ least 300 lbs) black bear standing where i just took a leak by the doorway!
it started walking @ me, very confidently might i add, and i ended up running completely around the house (worrying there might be another bear), and made it inside! i got a flashlight (PT40, heh heh) and went upstairs to check the side of the house by the dog kennel and the bear was sniffing around where i had just been walking a moment b4.
i almost crapped my pants 'cause i couldn't hardly see a thing and i was afraid i'd trip or run into another bear. *sigh*
now i ALWAYS keep my Arc AAA in my pocket. ALWAYS.