Charles, you crack me up. Yes, that spiteful bear is seeking revenge!
The bear is definitely not eating the kayak because he's young and small, and has been pushed out of decent feeding territories by older and larger bears, and is thus extremely hungry, and with hibernation season fast approaching desperate enough to try eating the inedible.
I also wondered about her high pitched tone until I read that she was on a solo kayaking trip and had just stopped at the cabin to rest. I'd probably sound pretty whiny too if a bear was eating my car while I was at a remote cabin and worried about being stranded.
"I swam to the S/V anchored in the bay. They did not have their radio on and I feared I would be stranded! The German flagged S/v Caledonia took me and my things to Wrangell where I am trying to repair my kayak now."
The bear is definitely not eating the kayak because he's young and small, and has been pushed out of decent feeding territories by older and larger bears, and is thus extremely hungry, and with hibernation season fast approaching desperate enough to try eating the inedible.
"I swam to the S/V anchored in the bay. They did not have their radio on and I feared I would be stranded! The German flagged S/v Caledonia took me and my things to Wrangell where I am trying to repair my kayak now."