So I rebuilt that nice ruin that initially looked like an old medieval stone bridge. Winter arrived and the ruin had grown into a mini castle with only one way up. You had to jump from one block over a gap onto a higher block and then onto a ladder three blocks above. I felt smart and safe.
Until that one winter night when I parked my character in the yard under the starry sky and switched to my second monitor to pass the time while reading some VS tips, when suddenly a loud roar almost gave me a heart attack. My first bear attack! That thing just laughed at my oh so clever entrance, climbed up to me and chased me around my home. I was filled with pie, thus survived 2 hits from this murder machine. With only one health segment left I managed to hide in my kitchen.
The bear then lost aggro, climbed back down and headed toward my lovely little pen containing 2 pigs and 2 chickens and tried to kill them by punching through a 1 block thick, 2 block high wall of logs with fences on top (to no avail). I quickly knapped 4 flint spears, sprinted from the kitchen to the castle edge and started hurling those spears at it. Smart as I am I forgot to remove the ladder first, but I managed to kill it before it was able to hop on it, but ONLY because it took additional damage from the spears stuck in the ground. *bing b-bing bing b-b-b-bing bing*
The lesson I've learned: Extra safety measures against bears are vital!
What was your most memorable encounter with a bear?