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‘I’m not your food’: Wyoming jogger reasons with bear in face-off
Guradian ^ | 4-21-21

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 ...


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To: SJackson

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).


21 posted on 04/21/2021 2:16:18 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: \/\/ayne

Oh come on. Was that crane technique Daniel-San?


22 posted on 04/21/2021 2:19:06 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Flick Lives
From the article Matthews retreated towards his car and continued talking to the bear, seeking to convince it he was human and “not to be mistaken with any other animal”...After stalking the runner for half a mile, the bear ran back into the woods.. My guess it was territorial, perhaps a jogger getting too close to cubs. If so, cubs fortunately far enough in the woods not to precipitate an immediate attack.
23 posted on 04/21/2021 2:22:14 PM PDT by SJackson (Whom will insane lust for power spare, if it dares violate ties of kin & friendship? Dominic Mancini)
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To: SJackson

Then the bear said, “Of course I ate him. I’m a bear.”


24 posted on 04/21/2021 2:42:30 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

My God...If that bear had a .357 magnum, he’d probably have put himself out of his misery listening to that.


25 posted on 04/21/2021 3:06:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Real happiness is one that you share)
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To: SJackson
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Nah, aint gonna do it

26 posted on 04/21/2021 3:14:02 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Last thing my priest said to me at confession was "I didn't need to hear that")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Lol!


27 posted on 04/21/2021 3:19:21 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: SJackson

I’m NOT your food...”And don’t call me,’Shirley!’”

Lucky guy!


28 posted on 04/21/2021 3:28:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Perseverando

“Black bears’ lives matter!”

So, those aren’t actually, ‘forest fires’ in California? The bears were just rioting and looting the woods? LOL! :)


29 posted on 04/21/2021 3:31:13 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: EvilCapitalist

That’s an annoying video. I consider it cruelty to animals to subject it to that screeching.


30 posted on 04/21/2021 3:41:29 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Jeffrey Epsteins last words "I am not committing suicide".)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

He must have been smarter than the average bear

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Yes. He didn’t make a boo-boo.


31 posted on 04/21/2021 4:26:50 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: \/\/ayne

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32 posted on 04/21/2021 4:28:50 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: bramps

: )


33 posted on 04/21/2021 4:45:05 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: SJackson

Meh, Dork deserved to be eaten.


34 posted on 04/21/2021 5:00:44 PM PDT by DAC21
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So it was a black bear ?


35 posted on 04/21/2021 9:29:18 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Squantos
Yes, a black bear. Black bears are foragers. If that had been a Kodiak or a Grizzly, it would have been a different story.

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

36 posted on 04/22/2021 5:53:05 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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