Posted on 07/07/2021 1:31:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Video shows the dramatic moment a bear attacked a man while he was celebrating the Fourth of July on Mount Wilson with a group of friends.
Photographer Ryan Duke says he was near the top of Mount Wilson with his friends to shoot photos of fireworks over Los Angeles County when a bear cub came out of from the bushes and went straight to a nearby group and toward someone's backpack.
Advertisement "At this point the group immediately reacted. Someone shouted 'bear,' got everyone's attention," Duke said. "I thought whoever shouted that was joking."
Most of the group stood their ground, Duke said, but two people turned their backs to run and apparently startled the bear. One person was bit by the small bear as he tried to run away, but appeared to have only suffered minor injuries.
"It nipped one of the men in the rear," Duke said.
The group continued to stand their ground as others looking farther away started to yell at the bear until it eventually left.
"I think it was really hungry and really wanted whatever was in that backpack," Duke said, adding that momma bear wasn't near the area.
Duke mentioned it's important to remember that we have to share the beauty of the outdoors with the native creatures.
"It's just a reminder that us humans are guests in these animals' homes, especially there," he said. "I wish the encounter hadn't happened because I'm sure that was a pretty scary experience
Poor thing must have been really hungry or thirsty to get that close to a pack of humans. Hopefully it wasn’t because the bear was used to getting handouts from idiot hikers.
Possibly rabid?
Ping-A-Ling!
We uses to kill dangerous animals that weren’t afraid of people. This won’t turn out well.
Note to self: Don’t bring just a back pack to a bear fight!
WTF, and they "shouted" at the young host, what kind of etiquette is that?
Yes, and I am sure the bear didn’t appreciate the fireworks either.
People are so stupid.
God gave man dominion over all. These leftist writers can stuff it.
Ironically, around this time last year his sister was bitten by a moose.
It didn’t look rabid in the video.
True, but black bears are usually fairly relaxed, unless they have cubs. There’s a sow and two cubs in my neighborhood, which is not far from this incident, and the worse problem we have is that some neighbors don’t secure their food waste on pick up day, and she’ll spill the garbage looking for a free meal.
Try putting a sign on the garbage can reading "leave $5 for food contents", they'll move on to the next house.
Why didn't you share a ham sandwich with your host? Pretty ungrateful guests if you ask me.
Don't allow guns?
Fine, you bait can stand there and feed them.
Might have been cheese in the backpack.
Never run from a bear. Prey runs.
He’ll definitely be getting stitches and a tetanus shot, at the ER.
Appears to be a “brown” bear (Grizzly bear)
A brown black bear they come in different shades.
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