I didn’t see anything to indicate he had a gun with him.
I didn’t either. The point the other poster and I was making was that the parks don’t allow you to carry firearms to defend yourself. We should be allowed to go into the wild and should be able to defend ourselves. If the guy had had a gun, it may have been possible to scare the bear away without him getting the pack with the food inside.
Long shot though. A bear that is already approaching is already up to no good.