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The day a marmot stole my entire bag of trail mix on the John Muir Trail
I was about 8 miles in near Thousand Island Lake, taking a break on a sunny rock. I set my open food bag down for maybe 30 seconds to grab my water filter, and this bold marmot just waddled right over, grabbed the whole 2-pound bag by the corner, and started dragging it toward a crack in the rocks. I had to chase the thing, yelling, while it held on tight like it had won the lottery. Anyone else have a wilderness thief completely ruin their snack plans?
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anderson.david12d ago
But seriously, what did you do after you got it back? Was the bag even salvageable, or was it just a torn up mess covered in marmot drool? I had a squirrel rip into my pack once and the thing was just destroyed, all the zippers gummed up.
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