Possible vocalizations heard by swimmers near Nakusp. Possible tracks found the next day witnessed in British Columbia, Canada

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Myself and three other people were at St.leon hotsprings just north of Nakusp B.C. on Thanksgiving day 1993. Its a natural,undeveloped spring. Basically a small pool in the forest about 3 km from the main hi-way. As we were leaving the pool about 11;30 p.m. we were walking single file up the steep incline back towards the truck when myself and the other male member of the group heard what we assumed to be a bear approximately 25 to 30 feet to our left. Not wanting the girls to panic we quietly decided not to tell them and just keep walking to the vehicle. The brush off of the trail is fairly thick and would be extremely difficult to get through for a man but what we were hearing seemed to be moving faily easily through it and keeping up with our stride. As this was a spur of the moment trip we had no flash light but had a couple of emergency candles one of which I was holding up high at the back of the line with a relector behind it so we could see where we were going but unfortunat...