[Ditto]

I was in Canada years ago fishing in upper Ontario. Saw bears all the time. But while there heard about a bear that roamed into a Boy Scout camp late at night about 50 miles from where I was and killed a young scout. Apparently, the kid had some food in his tent and the bear decided to take it. The kid kid got in the way and it did not end well.

For the silly urbanites out there who have Walt Disney ideas about wildlife.. Bears are not cute. They are at the top of the food chain unless you have some serious firepower.

[Red Badger]

I’m not a Scout, but even I know to not ever keep food in your tent in bear country. If yo have to keep food, hoist it up a tree limb about 15 feet high, well away from where you sleep...................

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The first thing kids should be taught about nature in school is the slogan “Nature red in tooth and claw.”

Nature is nice to look at on hikes and what not, but the panther and the bear are not going to care that you’re just passing through. Food is food, and you are food.

[vetvetdoug]

I worked research on the bears at the GSMNP for the wildlife department of the University of Tennessee. We'd tranquilize them, take blood, fecal samples, and do a physical. One thing I noted was that they have nice teeth and claws that Freddy Kruger would approve and unbelievable strength.