Eeesh. I’ve heard of alcohol inspiring Napoleonic delusions about folks’ martial prowess before, but that’s just ridiculous.
I always thought my father was the record-holder for boozy stupidity with bears. He used to run them off by tagging them in the ear with an air rifle.
When I asked him if he’d ever considered that, eventually, one of those bears was going to get angry and charge him, instead of running back into the woods, he had a pretty good response:
“I’m not worried. There’s no way a bear would ever be able to catch me.”
“But, dad, you’re an old man, and bears run at a pretty decent clip.”
“Yeah, but he’d never be able to get over the mountain of shit I’d leave behind me.”
Actually, that’s pretty amusing stone cold sober. I’ve said before that someone ought to start a “bear experiences” thread. If anyone ever does, be sure and page Larry Mudd and Stranger On A Train (among others) for entries.
Ha! That is an in joke with some of us here. We were talking about bears for some reason and this girl in the car with us said something about Kodak bears. We ripped on her unmercifully for, uh, well we still are. Now we try to mention Kodiak moments at every opportunity when she’s around.
You all crack me up!!! Thanks, I needed that this morning!
CateAyo he was a young 'un when I changed his diapers, geez! The nights are long here, but not that long, lol!
Homebrew yeah, God’s Own Drunk, gotta love it! Buffett is one of my fav’s, and he has been 86’d from every bar in Kodiak!
I, personally, don’t have any faith in pepper spray against bears, any fencing is a joke, and I know a guy who used to tease me dreadfully by telling me, whilst out in bear country, that he wasn’t worried because even though he knew he couldn’t outrun a bear, he knew that he could outrun me!!! :eek:
We all knew Timothy Treadwell, and yeah, a great majority of we who live in the Bush are a little…different. The bear which killed Timothy and Amie had shown some aggressive behavior in the past, and the fact that Timothy set up camp smack dab in the middle of a bear trail was asking for trouble. He knew better. One local opinion is that he was perhaps “showing off” for his girlfriend.
Having lived cheek-to-jowl with brown bears I am able to attest that most bears do not want trouble. They are curious, and always hungry. I will also concede that there are also some downright cantankerous bears, and I have been around when they were deemed a danger and put down. They don’t go down easily, either.
If there is ever a bear experience thread, please include me, I gots lots!!!
The Zoo here is building a Grizzly display. There will be glass between 1150 pounds of hungry, curious bear and me.
I think I’ll just feed the ducks at the pond on my next visit.
I read this post and it made me laugh. I’m glad the kid’s okay too, but damn! Where on earth do you live where there are 10-foot bears running around the countryside smacking unsuspecting drunks upside the head?!
There’s bears in the gutter
So be careful not to utter a sound
That might disturb.
There’s something 'bout about yelling
Makes a bear get compelling
To take your leg and bite it.
Bears! Everywhere! Beware!
Lookout, lookout!
Beware!
Lookout, lookout!
Bears! They don’t care who they scare!
You better beware!
You know, I just heard that story on NPR Saturday morning and remember hearing briefly about it when it occurred, and all I could do was think of how horrifying it must have been for those people. They said there was tape running so there’s an actual audio recording of the attack that they say will never be ‘published in any media’; I give it a year before it’s on the web somewhere. I hope like hell they were dead before eaten, but I have no illusions. There’s a movie about him and the bears, but I don’t know that I’d have the heart to see it. We think, “Wow, what a beautiful animal, how majestic!” while they think, “I can eat that whole thing in just a few minutes.” :eek:
