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)