Posted on 11/23/2025 6:02:50 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
Teachers fended off a grizzly bear that attacked a school group walking along a trail in British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, officials said.
"The group had stopped along a trail near the community when a grizzly bear emerged from the forest and attacked," Inspector Kevin Van Damme of British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service, said in an update on social media. "Teachers successfully repelled the bear using pepper spray and a bear banger."
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“My fourth-grade teacher could have handled a grizzly.”
My first grade teacher, Mrs. Kitchens, a 110 year old white lady, would have paddled his ass back to Jellystone.
LOL!!
Someone who has more than one grave-sites?
In case you didn’t know, a “Bear Banger” in a Canadian term for a type of social worker that acknowledges the bear’s grievances while it eats the children. It is nearly 100% effective at preventing bear injury.
Of course in Canada the most important thing here is that the authorities are satisfied that the teachers used approved biodegradable spray and the bear was not hurt.
Oh and the children are mixed race.
Kidna like a harvey wall banger, but without a chaser
My fourth grade nun would have handled a grizzly! I would pity the grizzly.
In the name of Jesus, seriously...
My ranch is in BC. I don’t carry spray or bangers. That’s beyond stupid. Anyone with a lick of sense carries at the very minimum 44 mag. I keep a 45-70 with me for this reason. BC is wild dangerous country. Be prepared.
Side note: Canadian gov is still real busy trying to figure out how to disarm us. I don’t know a soul who is going with their plan.
Something idiotic liberals take in the woods thinking it will deter a bear. Makes a loud noise. Where I come from if you make a loud noise, the bears think you downed an animal and they’re coming to take it. Saying is, if you shoot once, you better be ready to shoot again.
Weak Teacher PC foolishness. They were negligent and should be sued for not having a couple of rifles with them.
I hope the parents of the injured students sue the asses of the teachers and the School district.
A hungr bear defended by pepper spray and bear bangers?BUahahahahahahahaha! That would just make the bear madder and hungrier.
What a ship of fools.
Bear Ping !
Check out the town of Bella Coola on a map
There are probably more bears than people in that town.
Have you ever taken "a school group" anywhere, especially outdoors? They make enough noise without the need for "little bells".
A bear banger is a loud, explosive device used to deter bears and other animals from a distance. It’s a form of animal deterrent, often fired from a launcher, that produces a very loud noise to scare off potential threats.
It’s a spin off of gun shot which the bears understand. But in time they will realize it doesn’t hurt and continue what they had in mind and people will have to go back to the real thing.
wy69
From another article, one teacher put himself between the bear and the kids. He got hurt pretty bad.
Where are all the women (”...rather meet a grizzly than a man”)?
I saw that on a sign at the head of a hiking trail in Alaska...😅
Kids are easier prey for a hungry grizzly, and the kids weren’t the ones with the spray which is not always effective against an enraged grizzly, especially if it was previously wounded. But the idiot teachers should have been the ones attacked instead, imho.
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