I don't know about any of the other commenters on this subject, but I live in Grizzly country. They pretty well stay to themselves. A couple are killed each year by hunters who "mistake" them for black bears, but mostly, they just hang out eating whatever they can find. Haven't had an attack here in about five years. The last one was an really interesting one: A young woman was babysitting a couple of toddlers. They cooked some BBQ and were playing in the back yard when the babysitter spotted the griz coming at them. She managed to get the kids and herself into the house just as the bear caught up. He pawed at the sliding glass door trying to get at them. While he was doing this, the babysitter got a 270 Remington rifle. The griz moved away from the door a little bit and babysitter poked the rifle out and shot him at point-blank range, killing him.
There were no charges filed by Idaho Fish & Game.
The bottom line is that people who go into bear country unprepared for what might happen are pretty foolish. The enviro's have created these situations by disarming sensible folks. In this case, while I don't know if anyone was armed at the scene but bears are smart. They know when they are in danger and avoid these situations. IOW, these incidents are largely preventable. If people who aren't prepared to kill a predator go into bear country, they're prey Period.
Brigitta Fredenhagen was killed and partially consumed by a grizzly at a backcountry campsite in Yellowstone National Park...
Good that people are now allowed to carry a gun for self defense.
How about cow bells in the trees around your camp....Oh yeh...you want to sleep....
Maybe if it's not windy..
Ya need a trigger to scare the b'jeebies out of a bear...."Carol Burnett"????