We Almost Hit A Bear!!

It was a beautiful day and we were having a nice leisurely drive through the mountains with the family.  We were driving our old white cube van, which had a snub nose, so you could almost see straight down to the road while driving it.  Then rather suddenly we spotted a big momma black bear crossing the road and her cub following behind. 

I hit the brakes and held tight to keep from loosing control of the van.  Slowing down so fast like that, Toni’s and my faces were right over the dash looking down over the snub nose of the van at the momma bear right in front of us.  This bear was large enough that hitting it could cause us to lose control of the van, and even damage the tie rod or lock up the wheel and pull us right off the highway.  We braced for impact, but no hit came. 

I don’t know how to explain it.  We could see the bear, and we could see the front of the van, and it doesn’t make sense, but it certainly seemed like we drove right through that bear!  We looked in the large side mirror and watched the bear continue off the road and into the ditch.  The cub was fine, it had slowed down as we passed, then hurried to catch up with it’s momma. 

Thank the Lord for unexplained miracles! 

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