On one hike we noticed what looked like piles of what we ass(u)med was bear crap along the trail. But it then occurred to us that if it was, this bear was in severe distress, for there was a lot of crap. So we decided to inspect these piles a little closer. Turns out they were some sort of mushroom that was rotting and well, it looked like crap. That’s better than running into a bear that had the hershey squirts and is in a bad mood.