# When bears attack

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171 "2012-09-28T18:44:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171/1 "2012-09-28T18:44:30Z")

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You hear people talking about how bad getting attacked by a bear is. Wimps. This [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkz6-L1TVZ0) shows that it’s not so bad.

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**Author:** ![Rampant\_Coypu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@Rampant\_Coypu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rampant_Coypu)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171/2 "2012-09-29T05:45:20Z")

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I think if the mother bear were around things would go a lot worse.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-bears-attack/636171/3 "2012-09-29T06:44:31Z")

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> [@Rampant\_Coypu](#):
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> I think if the mother bear were around things would go a lot worse.

Yes, I think we would have had a more traditional bear mauling at that point.