In Denali National Park, at the Kantishna airstrip. I was using the portable outhouse, one of those blue plastic ones, when I heard someone banging on the bear proof trash can. I was thinking the rangers were there to empty it. I am thinking to myself, I am going to scare the crap out of a couple rangers.......
Hee hee heeeee..... I kick open the door and yell, "What's going on out here..!?!?!?" Well, that's what I started to yell anyway....
Two feet away is a VERY surprised grizzly bear, eyes about to pop out, mouth wide open with one paw up and about to hit the lid again....
I slam the door shut, locking the door so the little red "OCCUPIED" sign shows, thinking I will drop into the holding tank if Mr. Grizzly starts clawing the door off....
After 15 minutes I look out the vent, I had to bend it so I could see down, and no bear. I started kicking the door and yelling, hoping that Mr. Grizzly had moved on.
About 10 seconds after I started the noise, I heard my ranger friend yelling, "Hold on, I'll get the ax and break open the lock for you.."
I opened the door to find 2 rangers laughing their butts off...... then very embarrassingly, I told them what happened, which didn't bring any sympathy, just more laughter.....