Posted on 11/07/2017 9:20:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
Hikers reported seeing a black bear at Jacks Peak Park in Monterey on Monday.
Monterey County's parks department issued a public warning about the bear. Park rangers tried to find the bear, but were unable to locate it Monday afternoon.
County spokeswoman Maia Carroll said the warning was issued to park visitors out of an abundance of caution.
"Jacks Peak is quite wild. You have to know you're among nature," Carroll said.
The park's peak is the highest point on the Monterey Peninsula.
My wife and I were vacationing in far Northern California many years ago. We were in the coastal redwoods driving down a lonely country road admiring the trees. My wife said “What are those dogs doing in the road up there?”
“Umm, dear, those aren’t dogs.”
I grew up there, through the Seventies. At one point I lived in a trailer and seriously had to take a hard look and a listen outside before opening the door and stepping outside at night. There would be bears right outside. This was deep in Six Rivers National Forest.
Black bears are good natured, as bears go. You just have to give them some respect, as you would any other wildlife that's capable of killing you. Don't approach them and have an out of they get cranky. Stay the hell away from their young. That's pretty much it.
oh i’ve been up that creek many many times- without a paddle no less
#7 “Wife and I were passed by a black bear at Yosemite”
As long as you can run faster then your wife then you are ok : )
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