A couple years ago, the documentary Project Grizzly chronicled Canadian Troy Hurtibuse’s ten-year, $150,000 quest to develop a suit of armor powerful enough to protect the wearer from an attack by a grizzly bear.

On December 9, the rubber meets the road. An American animal trainer is bringing his adult Kodiak bear and, under allegedly controlled conditions, the bear will attack Troy.

I would be remiss if I did not mention that the suit’s construction materials include 2,289 meters of duct tape.

The details are online at the site of the Annals of Improbable Research.

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We’ve announced the Delta Green computer game, and you can read more about it at the software company’s web site. I spent the day there yesterday planning the press campaign, brainstorming revisions to the strategic-mode design document, and possibly buying a car from one of the ArtCo team, the trio of graphic artists who work at Flying Lab.

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Something odd happened this morning. I was asleep, and I’d guess it was around 4am. A dream had just finished, and I was in a light sleep, slightly aware of my surroundings in bed. Then I heard, quite clearly, a voice say: “John?”

There wasn’t anybody else in the room, or in the basement for that matter. It sounded like a woman’s voice, but the sound was slightly slowed-down and unreal. But it did not at all have the quality of a dream, nor was it accompanied by any dream imagery. In fact, all it did was bring me the rest of the way out of sleep into full consciousness.

Because, of course, I was terrified. My immediate reaction was panic. I burrowed further under the covers and thought about anything and everything but the voice I’d just heard. I was completely freaked. After a couple of minutes the panic passed, but even then I didn’t want to think about it. The experience was freaky as all heck.