# Close Encounters of the Bear Kind

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788 "2022-10-05T23:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788/41 "2022-10-08T22:16:41Z")

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> [@Ziberian](#):
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> That many bears hanging out so close together suggests there’s something they love to eat there. I’d take a different route for a while.

Yep. Berries!

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788/42 "2022-10-09T16:41:33Z")

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> [@carnut](#):
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> Yep. Berries!

You mean bear-ries?

StG

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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788/43 "2022-10-09T16:57:34Z")

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> [@carnut](#):
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> > [@Biotop](#):
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> > We broke up a black bear party.
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> They were having a picnic, I’d bet.

A “pick-i-Nick” as they would call it.

[![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lzUHBgKEpng/U7j-1CQFiDI/AAAAAAAAv34/Ob-5juGTzHE/s1600/RINGADING+11.png) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lzUHBgKEpng/U7j-1CQFiDI/AAAAAAAAv34/Ob-5juGTzHE/s1600/RINGADING+11.png)

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-bear-kind/972788/44 "2022-10-09T22:00:26Z")

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A bit more like this was in my mind:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/67Mowhcj8OM/hqdefault.jpg "Teddy Bear's Picnic (Jerry Garcia and David Grisman)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Mowhcj8OM)

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