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Give me a break!

posted 10 years ago by can_ace_ian
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I have been camping many times, often sole, in black bear country. I have encountered them several times. One morning while I was cooking breakfast an aggressive male wandered into my site. Yes the hairs stood up on my neck as her growled and I was a bit freaked out. I scared him away by yelling and banging my frying pan against my teakettle. I had so much adrenaline going that I destroyed both objects, but I made do. The bear took off though and I camped for 5 more days and didn't see him once, or any others for that matter.

On a different trip in Canada, in black bear country again, I woke up to something outside my tent. I shined my light through the flap and saw a black bear. I screamed as loud as I could, it ran off and I fell fast asleep again. I keep all of my food in the vehicle, so I don't attract them. These events were years apart and it is very rare. Also, black bears diet is 80% vegetarian. The rest is for fish usually.

These stories are BS and attacks by these bears and brown bears are extremely, extremely rare! Grizzlies, Kodiak and Polar Bears protecting their cubs or territory, on the other hand. Well, you come across an aggressive one of those, you can pretty much kiss your butt goodbye.

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[–] randyhicks1-1 10 years ago

You are right that bear attacks are rare, but this movie is based on a true story of a bear attack in Algonquin Park. A couple went camping in the park, the girl was attacked by a black bear and later died from her injuries. Here's a link to an interview with the director in which he talks about the Ontario Canada attack which was his inspiration for the film.

http://collider.com/adam-macdonald-backcountry-interview/

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[–] cashmccall 10 years ago

OP, you are incredibly lucky to be alive. You need to bring bear spray or a 44 mag.

[–] templesofice 10 years ago

I'd definitely go with a .44 Mag. I'd never go out into the wilderness without some sort of firearm. But I thought the movie was really good. Missy Peregrym did a great job.

[–] Nicols 10 years ago

I'd go with the spray, much easier to use and is perfectly effective. Having never handled a firearm, it's more likely than not that I'd miss, if I managed to get a shot of at all.

[–] castor777 10 years ago

Well, you said it yourself. Attacks are extremely rare, as in they have happened before. I take it you didn't see the movie? You make it sound like this is about a bear that terrorizes a huge community of people, when it's basically just one attack. So... if one black bear has ever attacked a human being before... why is this such BS in your mind?

[–] can_ace_ian 10 years ago

It's BS because Black Bears don't stalk prey, much less people. If it was a story about happening upon a black bears den or mother and cubs, then that person is attacked and movie over. Fine I will contend.

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[–] WatchAnythingOnce 10 years ago

Most fatal attacks by North American black bears during the past century were conducted by lone, male animals that stalked and then killed their human victims as prey, according to a new study by the world's top authority on what triggers bear attacks.

Though black bears rarely kill or seriously injure people, when they do, it's most often the result of predatory behavior by males inside their wilderness home ranges and not by females protecting cubs or animals defending a carcass, said Dr. Stephen Herrero, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and author of the classic Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance.

http://www.adn.com/article/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-most-human-attacks

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[–] I_Created_U 9 years ago

Soooo.... you went into the forest once and weren't killed by a bear so the story is BS?! -_- You give us a break dude!

If only it was only that, it'd be ok, but worst is, you went into the forest, were attacked TWICE and escaped it thanks to luck and yet you still claim it's BS..? o_o

Well Ok then. Sounds perfectly logical.

People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs

[–] AgentSands182 9 years ago

Ya...
A. It's not BS. It's loosely based on a black bear killing at a Provincial Park right near where I lived. So.. it happened. I say loosely because this is a dramatized and dragged out version, but either way the black bear killing did happen.

B. There are over 40 known cases of Black Bears chasing and killing humans in North America. Again, it's not BS.

C. It's a movie. Lol. You're totally that guy that gives the internet a bad name. Like did you watch Godzilla and be like, whoa, BS... Lizards aren't that big! ..as you said, Give me a break.

[–] cozza23 10 years ago

Cool story bro

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[–] Nicols 10 years ago

There's nothing BS about them. Attacks may be rare but they do happen. This movie is based; or inspired by might me a more accurate way of putting it; by one such attack, and the behavior of the bear in this movie was mostly accurate to how a predatory bear would behave. The only inaccurate part was the bear returning to the tent after behind sprayed.

Just because you've seen a bear doesn't make you an expert on them.

http://www.outsideonline.com/1962221/how-survive-black-bear-attack

[–] Skunky_Beaumont 10 years ago

It's always "extremely rare" until it happens to that one person.

I don't understand people who defend wild animals as if they know exactly what's going on in their minds. Just because you have experience with bears, tigers, or sharks even, doesn't make them any less likely to attack a human. I'm speaking in the general sense obviously, not directly towards your post.

I don't feel stories like this are BS at all. Sh!t happens. You could potentially be next when you go back out there.

[–] lrrymccmmn 10 years ago

I hope you're not a lawyer.

You implied that this storied was either embellished or too far fetched. Then you follow it up with testimony of running into bears and how dangerous they are.

HUH???