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A USFS biologist once told me that 90% of all bear attacks are against menstruating women, and at night.

Spread the word and save the life of a bear.

1 posted on 06/19/2021 6:45:43 AM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

I was wondering if that was an unwritten part of the story.


2 posted on 06/19/2021 6:49:14 AM PDT by babble-on
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“While serious incidents with bears are rare, we remind visitors to remain vigilant while in the backcountry and to follow all precautions while hiking in bear country,” Superintendent Cassius Cash said in a news release.

Filing this under "mostly peaceful".

4 posted on 06/19/2021 6:52:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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When we were kids, my folks kept track of my older sisters when they rode the horses up the mountain trails for that very reason. And that was more than 50 years ago. Everybody was aware back then.


6 posted on 06/19/2021 6:58:34 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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Stupid family


7 posted on 06/19/2021 7:00:20 AM PDT by UB355 (Slow Traffic keep right)
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I believe that is the “Cosby” section, not “Crosby”...


9 posted on 06/19/2021 7:10:50 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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The bear was wearing a hoodie, and could not be identified.


10 posted on 06/19/2021 7:11:47 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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Only MORONS sleep in hammocks in the mountains at night without a big bonfire and a 44 Ruger mag.


12 posted on 06/19/2021 7:14:46 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
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How many times does it have to be said?

Nothing good happens after midnight.


13 posted on 06/19/2021 7:15:24 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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No Hammock Gun.

Big mistake.


15 posted on 06/19/2021 7:34:14 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” )
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The bear was killed because the girl and her family were beyond stupid.


16 posted on 06/19/2021 7:36:21 AM PDT by bgill
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21 posted on 06/19/2021 7:46:47 AM PDT by PGR88
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Bkmrk


22 posted on 06/19/2021 7:49:14 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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Every year, thousands of vacationers see black bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, mostly on the Tennessee side.

“Fatal black bear attacks on humans are so rare — more so than any other species of bear — that they occur on average of once per year across North America. In addition, about one black bear out of 1 million will attack a human in a predatory manner, Rogers said.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-bear-attacks-humans-rare-begin-scuffles-dogs/story?id=65413852

As more and more “tourists” make contact with the animals, and the people feed and do not respect the wildness of the animal, the more comfortable the bears get being around people. So as that is their habitat and they lack fear of contact, they will be more approach from them.

From the description of the wounds, the confrontation sounds more like a feeding effort rather than an attack based upon the confrontation itself. So my problem is why kill a bear that is just doing something natural, in an area set aside for the animals, that everyone knows they are there to allow them to be on their own, and then determine if the animal actually did the attack after it is killed? There are ways to protect yourself from bears rather than swinging someone in a hammock. And what would they have said if the bear they killed did not have evidence of the attack on it? Oh, well, my bad!

God gave humans the “power” over animals by giving us more intelligence. About when are we going to use it?

Wy69


23 posted on 06/19/2021 8:24:05 AM PDT by whitney69
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[A USFS biologist once told me that 90% of all bear attacks are against menstruating women, and at night. ]

I saw that movie:


24 posted on 06/19/2021 8:33:34 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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And they proved that the attacking bear was a male, and that the family’s food was stored out of the bear’s reach.


25 posted on 06/19/2021 8:56:30 AM PDT by familyop
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The Great Smoky Mountains are part of an International Biosphere Reserve and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


26 posted on 06/19/2021 9:05:36 AM PDT by familyop
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Does the same apply to menstruating men?


27 posted on 06/19/2021 9:30:13 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Update: Handgun or Pistol Against Bear Attack: 93 cases, 97% Effective
AmmoLand ^ | 25 March, 2020 | Dean Weingarten
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3830135/posts


28 posted on 06/19/2021 9:49:40 AM PDT by familyop
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Bring back Midnight Basketball for bears !


33 posted on 06/19/2021 10:33:16 AM PDT by Sparky1776
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Whenever I go up there I am always armed. A black bear will attack, kill, and eat a human if they can. Especially in the fall.


34 posted on 06/20/2021 3:47:13 PM PDT by JoeRender
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