Posted on 03/22/2009 11:04:45 AM PDT by george76
Alaska State Troopers say an Anchorage man was forced to climb a tree to dodge a black bear near Campbell Airstrip.
Charles L. Lamb of Anchorage told officers he was forced up a tree by a large black bear at about 11:30 a.m.
Lamb says the bear stalked them for a half mile as they walked out.
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Wow, it’s a good thing bears can’t climb trees..... ;^)
Bear can climb with efficiency.
He's lucky the dogs were close by.
Did he forget his gun?
Sometimes you get the bear...
...Sometimes the bear gets you.
From the article “Warning signs have been posted around the area.”
What do they say? “Don’t feed (yourself) to the bear?”
The Muni rushed in to
close the trails/bar humans.
I am getting tired of living in a wildlife park masquerading as a city.....
LOL! Lamb is dang lucky he didn’t find out bears can climb a tree about five times as fast as a human the hard way. Maybe he’ll invest in a large caliber handgun now. :)
That’s what happens when you get an infestation of Left-Coast communalist, they tend to clump together in hives and ruin the local environment by electing themselves to office. The strong self reliance and individualism of most of us Alaskans works against us in this arena; moocher drones have an easier time grabbing power because of their hiving instincts.
Full grown black bears, big heavy males, rarely climb. Young males and females climb very well.
Climbing a tree with a black bear rarely works.
.41 Magnum works well against these larger pests.
Everybody outside of Anch & urban ak do carry guns for bear. Campbell creek is right in anch. Wife and I once taught at this Indian Village. The Indians would walk 8 miles to lodge & back every afternoon for their 6-pak. This one Indian had been treed by grizz and always had his 06 with him, got real nervous even talking about bear.
That kinda thing will give you a headache and bad feeling in stomach quick.
When I go salmon fishing I used to carry my .44mag in a bandolier holster, too big to wear comfortably so I now carry a 10mm Glock with hot hunting loads.
In Alaska I could have a rifle strapped to my back in downtown Anchorage and its quite the norm.
I never saw people walking into schools with guns, kids getting on school buses with rifles, and just most the people out and about with sidearms on belt; in Anch that is. Guess, I’ve been out in the sticks too long.
Be realistic.
Our schools are almost as paranoid as the lower 48, yes Alaska is open carry, and permits are not needed for conceal carry.
And Anchorage is filth, a lot different from when I first moved here in 1992, luckily for the rest of Alaska those that live in Anchorage are scared to death of ever leaving their liberal haven.
Blk bears stalking people is quite common in rural areas of Ak, Canada. I actually saw as many bear when I lived in Pennsylvania as I do along the yukon, but in Pa, the bear were scared of people. Where we live bear are just shot when they start coming around people. I have a couple friends who have been mauled by grizz, they hate bear like you can’t imagine.
Good to know, but if I’m ever being chased by a bear, I doubt I will have time to determine if he’s a climber or not... ;^)
LOL
You may be more correct than many would first think.
TO be fair, in the mid 80s, the state nearly fell apart - but thanks to the Exxon Valdez oil spill - almost 3 billion was pumped into SOuthCentral - saving at least Anchorage.
In 1986 alone, over 30K moved out of Anchorage - the rest of the TSte sufferd as well.
I don’t remeber any FedGov bailouts tho......
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