At the Quiet Journey supper I mentioned how bears near my MN cabin liked to bite my motor oil and gas cans. The motor oil containers seem to be the preferred lube.For a few years there was a problem at a canoe access point because a bear was biting tires and the black rubber bumper strip on that was popular at the time. There is a strong odor to these when the sun heats them. Woods lore said to put Pinesol around and the bears would leave them alone. Which begs the question; Is it the smell or the fact that it overwhelms all other odors? I splash Pinesol around my cabin when I leave and the break-ins have ceased. I am not sure if its a lucky charm or actually works.