Bear Attack

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:23 am

This happened at a local state park. It was reported on our news the morning - the reporter said he was a very smart boy to play dead and survive the experience. Pity he was not a little SMARTER and had listened to his scout leader and not sneaked food into his tent! :-5

Now the bear will have to be killed!!!

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-bea ... b01_layout

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:35 pm

ThePheasant;708884 wrote: This happened at a local state park. It was reported on our news the morning - the reporter said he was a very smart boy to play dead and survive the experience. Pity he was not a little SMARTER and had listened to his scout leader and not sneaked food into his tent! :-5

Now the bear will have to be killed!!!

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-bea ... b01_layout

That boy is very very very lucky. Playing Dead is not always a sure fire way to live unfortunately.

And while on the topic of Bears in the wilderness here are a few other things I have learned from living in Bear country (yes they come into our city and we have had many visit this year especially)

Bear Spray/Pepper Spray canisters empty in 8 seconds, are only affective if you can hit a bear in the face, with most of the spray.

Bears have an insanely acute sense of smell, coolers are barely a deterant. Best to store your food in a bag hanging from a tree when roughing it. Store it downwind of your tent and make sure it is at least 50 feet away from you, where ever you choose to sleep.

Never cook or eat in your tent the scent of food lingers on the tent, and your sleeping gear.

Cook downwind from your tent, if you cook strong foods like bacon it's smart to not sleep in that set of clothing you cooked in if at all possible.

Tips on hiking in bear country see chapter 2 (when I get around to it hehehe)

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:39 pm

ThePheasant;708884 wrote: This happened at a local state park. It was reported on our news the morning - the reporter said he was a very smart boy to play dead and survive the experience. Pity he was not a little SMARTER and had listened to his scout leader and not sneaked food into his tent! :-5

Now the bear will have to be killed!!!

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-bea ... b01_layout

Yeah see, another example of stupidity and how it Fks things up for animals! Why kill the bear? Are we still buying into that ridiculous concept of bloodlust?! Ignorance!! You don't want to get mauled, stay away from the bears' home!!

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:44 pm

RedGlitter;709033 wrote: Yeah see, another example of stupidity and how it Fks things up for animals! Why kill the bear? Are we still buying into that ridiculous concept of bloodlust?! Ignorance!! You don't want to get mauled, stay away from the bears' home!!

yep you got it glitter.

Here we have a few options bears are tagged and watched for repeat offenses, if they repeat they are tranquilized then moved further away from the city. If they repeat again after removal or they kill a human... sadly they are exterminated. It's a sad sad thing.

Hey but on a good note here in our national park Banff national Park, we have the only 2 bear overpasses on the planet. These allow the bears to cross the Trans Canada Hiway safely. Pretty cool eh.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:46 pm

here is one of said overpass's

"Seth Cool Bear Overpass"

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Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:21 pm

I just finished watching that on channel 4 here in the states

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:29 pm

RedGlitter;709033 wrote: Yeah see, another example of stupidity and how it Fks things up for animals! Why kill the bear? Are we still buying into that ridiculous concept of bloodlust?! Ignorance!! You don't want to get mauled, stay away from the bears' home!!

:mad:The policy in this area is, once a bear has attacked someone (whatever the reason) then it is considered to be dangerous! Even though the bear was following his natural instincts of finding food - in a world where we are taking over their habitat and making food less accessible.

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:19 pm

A number of years ago a friend of mine saw a 12 year old kid get his arm torn off by a bear in Northern Quebec. The kid was feeding the bear Oreo cookies while his parents took pictures. When he ran out of cookies the bear took the kids arm off that was holding the bag. My friend tried to warn them.

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:41 pm

What kind of insane parents would let their child or anyone feed oreos to a bear.

that is messed up!!!!!!!

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:14 am

This really p1sses me off

So the bear has to die for his stupidity (he WAS told not to have food in tent)...... oh and they only think its the bear ..........

http://wfmz.com/view/?id=164150

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:08 am

ThePheasant;709572 wrote: This really p1sses me off

So the bear has to die for his stupidity (he WAS told not to have food in tent)...... oh and they only think its the bear ..........

http://wfmz.com/view/?id=164150

and then one day the bears become extinct... yep pizz's me off too.