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Posted by Alain Saffel on September 18, 2007 at 11:48:07 pm EDT
In reply to Re: Bears, Bears, Bears posted by bheiser1 on September 16, 2007 at 12:55:35 pm EDT

That list is definitely not exhaustive. I noticed it's missing one notable death from Liard Hotsprings north of Fort Nelson B.C. from 1997.

There certainly does seem to be more attacks and deaths lately, or is it just media hype? There's been a few stories lately about people who've fought back and killed the bears. Some of them have killed the bears with knives! I'm not going to rely totally on that to protect me though.

My only run in with a bear has been while I was on a bike in an urban area and we both went in opposite directions. There was one time while walking my dog, he absolutely refused to go down a certain path in a park near where I lived, coincidentally called Bear Meadow. The dog was the smart one that day I think. I never saw a bear though.

Bear bells are one item that might help warn the bear to take off. A gun could be helpful, especially in serious bear country, but who wants to lug it around. Bear spray may work, as long as the bear doesn't like the flavour. :P Can't say I've had to ward off a bear with either. Hope I never do, but the price in weight and $$ would be worth it to survive to hike another day.

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