Once I had made it back to my car safely, I was looking straight toward this mother of two cubs . She had taken notice of myself, but she had not raised any of her hair indicating to myself that I presented no danger . As her cubs soon gathered around her , she walked comfortably away from me . It could have been different, my dogs silence and the fact that I had a closed encounters in the past probably played a significant roll in this happy outcome . Only short stories explaining both out behaviors would come after this “Close Encounter “