"Carl Carmoney was camping recently at the Limekiln State Campground in Inlet early this month when he had a close encounter with a black bear. "

"I was sitting at our clean campsite starting a fire. It was going fine. My son was cooking dinner in the RV when an estimated 450-pound bear came lumbering up from behind me. He was about 20 feet from me. I got up, (quickly) put our car between him and me and entered the RV," he said of the Adirondack encounter."

"Carmoney said the bear "spent the better part of 3 or 4 hours wondering (his and nearby) campsites. "

"My 'spidey senses' were on overdrive and, that's an understatement. The bear approached our campsite four other times. We saw him (within 50 feet of us) one more time."