Can’t believe this guy was outside without a gun. Clearly the neighbor was carrying. You never leave your house without a 45, loaded and ready. Sure you can go outside without seeing a bear 1000 times. But then there is that once. And you have no chance with a polar bear. You can’t out run it. You can’t fight it. This guy only allowed his wife time to get inside. He would not have won if the neighbor was not carrying at that moment.
No way would I go outside without a gun in bear country, especially at night. Even here in N.W. Jersey we have more and more black bears every year, and they are used to humans and that makes them more dangerous I think, although nothing like a polar bear. Usually a gunshot to the ground will scare them off, you don’t always have to hit them. No idea how polar bears react.