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Oh, right.

I told you, an easy one.

Just the two of you?

Yes.

Follow me.

Thank you.

Are they the ones

looking for the bear?

No, who told you that?

Patrick, he said it was

twenty-two feet tall.

Well, it's not.

Do you know what

you wanna eat?

Do you think it's

still eating that guy?

How much of him do

you think is left?

Carly...

There was a bear

attack today?

Yup.

Unconfirmed.

Patrick said some bears

only like the taste of

humans and that he is

stalking is next victim

right now.

Well, Patrick is

being highly creative.

Patrick also said that

a police man would

kill the bear and I

said it would be you.

But he said it had

to be a policeman.

Well, Patrick is sexist,

now go wash your hands.

Mom, he's nine.

He's still sexist.

You re a cop?

Another PhD at a bar?

Can I ask you about

the bear attack?

I can't talk about it.

Oh, of course, yeah.

It's just that statistically

a bear attack is very

unlikely, contrary to

what Patrick might think.

I mean there have only

been twenty-seven bear

fatalities in north

America since 2000.

Meanwhile, thirty-two

people were killed by dogs

last year alone.

How do you know all this?

I actually do have a PhD.

In bears?

No.

I teach oceanography at the

University of Rhode Island.

So what are you doing

in a bar at Alpine Lake?

I'm here for

the trout sex.

I'm here writing a paper.

It's not as exciting

as it sounds.

It doesn't sound

exciting at all.

As for the super

impressive bear stats,

it's not the PhD.

It's the Internet, and

according to this,

a bear attack is

not impossible,

I just wouldn't

bet on it.

So I should interrogate all the

neighborhood dogs instead?

Stats would support that.

Hey, good luck.

Oh, you little hooligan.

Shh! Carly's asleep.

This dog is gonna

be the death of me!

Oh.

Should we be worried

about this bear?

It's not a bear.

Has Carly mentioned

anything to you about

her dad recently?

I'd tell you if she did.

- So she hasn't?

You know he's...

I know. He's going to

see her sooner or later.

Later.

I have a great idea.

Let's make a

fire and then...

Ugh!

Are you okay?

Should we go back?

I'm so sorry that I

distracted you.

Let me see how I

can make it up.

Warmer in the water.

What was that?

What was what?

I just felt something.

I don't know.

I did, too.

No, I'm serious.

Dude, Anthony, if you're

messing with me right now,

I'm gonna kick your ass.

Hey, its okay.

If you're not ready

then we can just wait.

Aghhh!

Ahhhh!

If I'm the one

that gets the bear,

Lindsay's totally

gonna take me back.

Especially when she reads

about me in the newspaper.

Lindsay can't read.

Oh, I'll be on

the news, too.

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