My brother-in-law's father was an avid outdoorsman. About 40 years ago, he was camping in his pickup camper, sound asleep around midnight, when he heard a noise outside. He looked out to see a bear trying to get into his brand new cooler, which he had left on the table outside. As he tells the story, he ran out, stark naked, with a 12-lb frying pan and smacked the bear as hard as he could right on top of his head. The bear stood up, made a loud groaning sound, turned, and ran back into the woods! I can only imagine what the other campers would have thought if any of them happened to see the commotion.