[Chuckster]

Watching the locals deal with bears in this little Alaska town was instructive. When they encounter a bear they wave their arms and shout "Go away Bear! Beat it!" or some such. Sometimes they use M-80s to frighten the bears away (Doesn't always work though). We noticed also that everyone seemed to be carrying a 12 gage pump gun.

[Big Red Badger]

“Nice Bears!”

Goldilocks would feel at Home.

[kearnyirish2]

I could never live there; heck, I wouldn’t live anywhere that even had mountain lions. You’ll inevitably find some dope feeding them (even when it is illegal), and even without that these are wild animals that are carnivorous. What does a shotgun do against a grizzly? I guess more than it would do against a polar bear...