Posted on 04/21/2021 1:46:33 PM PDT by SJackson
Runner talked his way out of being mauled by large bear that pursued him for several minutes in Grand Teton national park
A runner talked his way out of a face-off with a large bear that pursued him for several minutes in Grand Teton national park in Wyoming, a showdown the runner captured in a three-minute video that went viral.
North Carolina man saves wife’s life in bobcat attack Read more Evan Matthews said he often sees bears on his runs, but none had dared to come so close.
“This one was interested in me, so I had to change its mind,” he wrote.
Rather than use his bear spray, which he deemed a last resort, Matthews opted to reason with his ursine inquisitor.
In the video, the “cinnamon phase” black bear is seen stepping out of the woods and on to a road, despite Matthews’ stern objections.
“Hey – no!” Matthews shouts. “I don’t care if you’re hungry. I’m not your food.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
One does not reason or speak with a wild bear that is attacking. Experts will tell people also what else to do- and it does not include trying to outrun a bear unless a certain distance is closer to a tree one can climb faster (good luck with that).
Always refer back to that lunatic in Alaska who thought the grizzlies took him as one of their own, and managed to get himself and his new Nurse Practitioner girlfriend ripped to pieces and.... eaten. The video cam he had recorded the entire episode and is... horrific, her and his screams.
The scene from “The Revenant” comes to mind, and is fairly accurate- the bear keeps coming back for more attack (this case it was a mama bear protecting 3 cubs, truly a deadly scenario).
Oh come on. Was that crane technique Daniel-San?
Then the bear said, “Of course I ate him. I’m a bear.”
My God...If that bear had a .357 magnum, he’d probably have put himself out of his misery listening to that.
Nah, aint gonna do it
Lol!
I’m NOT your food...”And don’t call me,’Shirley!’”
Lucky guy!
“Black bears’ lives matter!”
So, those aren’t actually, ‘forest fires’ in California? The bears were just rioting and looting the woods? LOL! :)
That’s an annoying video. I consider it cruelty to animals to subject it to that screeching.
He must have been smarter than the average bear
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Yes. He didn’t make a boo-boo.
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: )
Meh, Dork deserved to be eaten.
So it was a black bear ?
I get a chuckle out of the idea this guy "reasoned with" the bear. He got lucky is all. For all the bear's comprehension of what he was saying, he might as well have been reciting "Mary Had a Little Lamb". $:-D
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