Canadian pleaded with black bear during attack: 'You don't have to do this”

[blues]

I had a black bear put its paw on my shoulder while I lay on the ground one night in Yosemite Valley in 1975. Scared the livin' bejeezus outta me.

The stink of its breath as it huffed over my face is something I'll never forget.

I was holding a hunting knife in my hand at the time, thinking "Do I?" / "Don't I"...and apparently "Don't I" was the right decision as it eventually walked off and left us.

The rangers said, (the next day), that they were tracking that animal to be destroyed as it had attacked some backpackers in the area the day before.

[MGW]

[Hambo]

God damn, what a fucking pussy.

Word.

Obviously pussy boy had never been to MUC, or he'd have told the bear to fuck off when it asked for the time.

[Clusterfrack]

When I was leading backpacking trips in the Yosemite area, one of my kids snuck a Hershey’s bar into his sleeping bag. I woke up to the sound of a bear licking the kids face. He later told me it had really bad breath.

I had a black bear put its paw on my shoulder while I lay on the ground one night in Yosemite Valley in 1975. Scared the livin' bejeezus outta me.

The stink of its breath as it huffed over my face is something I'll never forget.

I was holding a hunting knife in my hand at the time, thinking "Do I?" / "Don't I"...and apparently "Don't I" was the right decision as it eventually walked off and left us.

The rangers said, (the next day), that they were tracking that animal to be destroyed as it had attacked some backpackers in the area the day before.

[Borderland]

I had a black bear put its paw on my shoulder while I lay on the ground one night in Yosemite Valley in 1975. Scared the livin' bejeezus outta me.

The stink of its breath as it huffed over my face is something I'll never forget.

I was holding a hunting knife in my hand at the time, thinking "Do I?" / "Don't I"...and apparently "Don't I" was the right decision as it eventually walked off and left us.

The rangers said, (the next day), that they were tracking that animal to be destroyed as it had attacked some backpackers in the area the day before.

I know this doesn't apply in CA but in most nat'l parks it's now legal to carry a firearm. Thank Obama for that one.

I did a 30 mile backpack thru Olympic NP in the 80's. I had a revolver in my pack although it was illegal. Saw black bears every day. Had one in our camp one morning and my friend had one pawing at his tent one night. Lots of bears.

[wsr]

Just continuing the Canadian legacy

When I run into smarmy holier than thou Canadians I usually just tell them that it’s amazing how changing just two little letters can change a countries legacy

American legacy...
We kicked imperial ass

Canadian legacy...
We kissed imperial ass


They usually appreciate it

[Cookie Monster]

It's a diverse world out there and not everyone has mindset and experience or spent time cultivating such. A few different turns and I could of been that dude begging the bear for my life like I am in some CIA black site.

I remember facing off with a mountain lion back in the day, it took like 15 minutes and things changed in my favorite, when I told the mountain lion to go fuck himself and to bring it. I was pretty passive for the previous minutes and that definitely help me score a tie.

You folks are making me think I need to practice more then I do.

[blues]

I remember facing off with a mountain lion back in the day, it took like 15 minutes and things changed in my favorite, when I told the mountain lion to go fuck himself and to bring it. I was pretty passive for the previous minutes and that definitely help me score a tie.

You folks are making me think I need to practice more then I do.

You really just never know how it's going to end up with cougars...

[RevolverRob]

You really just never know how it's going to end up with cougars...

There are worse ways to die...

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[boing]

This reminds of a show I saw about bear attacks. IIRC, there is park in Scandinavia (Norway?) where they want you to check out a rifle to stroll around because of bears. Three women, hiking together, said they wouldn't because they were in tune with nature and the bears would recognize that. Well, two down and one survived by jumping off a cliff into rock scree to be badly injured.

Nothing says “in tune with nature” like finding your place somewhere in the middle of the food chain.