# Camping w/no bear boxes (WTF??) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566 "2010-07-22T04:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566/61 "2010-08-22T00:13:41Z")
Several months ago I read an article about a bear that managed to open a food box, and not through brute force. Unfortunately, I can’t find a link to the article. Seems that the boxes are double locked and somehow the bear figured it out. The Natural Resource guys somehow identified the bear. I think it was in the Adirondacks. They are smart animals. If anyone can find a link please post it. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566/62 "2010-08-22T00:28:03Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Several months ago I read an article about a bear that managed to open a food box, and not through brute force. Unfortunately, I can’t find a link to the article. Seems that the boxes are double locked and somehow the bear figured it out. The Natural Resource guys somehow identified the bear. I think it was in the Adirondacks. > > They are smart animals. If anyone can find a link please post it. See Post 56. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566/63 "2010-08-22T00:41:46Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > > [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > > > Several months ago I read an article about a bear that managed to open a food box, and not through brute force. Unfortunately, I can’t find a link to the article. Seems that the boxes are double locked and somehow the bear figured it out. The Natural Resource guys somehow identified the bear. I think it was in the Adirondacks. > > > > They are smart animals. If anyone can find a link please post it. > > See Post 56. Thanks. That’s what I was looking for but my search-Fu failed me. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566/64 "2010-08-22T00:46:33Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Bear boxes? _Bears?_? And you _camp_ in that? What’s **wrong** with you people? > > Come to England, the most dangerous camping scenario involves [these](http://www.natures-desktop.com/animal-wallpapers/wild-rabbit.php) critters And what about we Ontarians who live in bear country? 🙂 Really, anywhere in the Shield country is bear country, even along main roads and in the smaller towns. One tried to get in the skylight of my friends’ house; the dogs woke them from sleep and were ready to attack, had the bear made it inside. (And you thought we kept huskies and built thick walls for the insulation value…) You learn to llive near them, basically by leaving them alone. A wise landowner will learn where they go (and all the other animals like moose, deer, etc), and will not feed them human food, but will do things like leaving _that_ patch of berry bushes for the bears, don’t go near them, and keeping _this_ patch of berry bushes for human use. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566/65 "2010-08-22T04:49:24Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > If you’re willing to tolerate/be smart about bears, there are some neat things to see in bear country. Backpackign in Yosemite Nat’l Park comes to mind. Like what? The half-eaten corpses of prior campers? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566/66 "2010-08-22T15:55:37Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Several months ago I read an article about a bear that managed to open a food box, and not through brute force. Unfortunately, I can’t find a link to the article. Seems that the boxes are double locked and somehow the bear figured it out. The Natural Resource guys somehow identified the bear. I think it was in the Adirondacks. > > They are smart animals. If anyone can find a link please post it. Well, at Yosemite, they said they have to redesign the mechanism for the bear boxes every few years because the bears eventually figure out how to open them. And thanks, **Twoflower**. That’s good to know. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566.md?page=3)