Give me a break!

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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