warning: bear spray

   In my mind, I pictured only one use for bear spray: spraying bears. You could throw it at an attacker, I guess, but I don’t think that was the intended strategy. You could also attach it to a sort of rope and swing it around, aiming to smack your aggressor in hopes of discouraging him/her/it, but that’s similar to the aforementioned plan. I feel comfortable saying that spraying the bear spray in the face of your assailant is the best bet, preferably in the eyes or other orifices.

   However, this weekend a new use of bear spray was revealed to me. It can also be used as a small bomb! How neat is that?

   This discovery was definitely not intended, to say the least. My boyfriend had been in the midst of the moving process and must have forgotten that his giant can of bear spray was laying on his dashboard. In the direct sunlight. In August.

   Needless to say, the can exploded. Luckily, he wasn’t in his truck at the time of the attack so no one was hurt. His truck, however, is a different story. Now he gets to look at this when he cruises around in his sexy spray-painted 1985 F150! 

   I should also mention that, yes, us Montanans do own giant cans of bear spray. My boyfriend got his from his mom as a generosity before a backpacking adventure. I presume we’ll be hitting up REI today to refuel.