National Park Service: 'Never push a slower friend down' in a bear encounter

UPI ^ | MARCH 2, 2023 / 2:51 PM | By Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

The National Park Service's official Twitter account warned park visitors to not push their slower friends down in a bear encounter. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service

March 2 (UPI) -- The National Park Service offered some sage advice for park visitors who encounter bears: "Never push a slower friend down."

The NPS said on its official Twitter account that feeding another human to a bear is never the answer.

"If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down...even if you feel the friendship has run its course⁣," the NPS tweeted.

A reply to the tweet asked what a park visitor should do if they are the slower friend, to which NPS said: "Check in on the friendship before you head to the woods."

"Seeing a bear in the wild is a special treat for any visitor to a national park. While it is an exciting moment, it is important to remember that bears in national parks are wild and can be dangerous," officials wrote in a follow-up tweet.

The NPS shared a link to its page of bear encounter advice, which includes hiking in groups, picking up small children and keeping food away from the animals.

[Red Badger]

I don't need to outrun the bear. I just need to out run YOU!....................

[ConservativeMind]

If he’s slower, there’s no need to be that rude.

[Nashcash]

Never go on a hike with someone faster than you

[V_TWIN]

“down...even if you feel the friendship has run its course⁣,” the NPS tweeted.”

Run its course huh?.....somebody at the NPS thinks they have a sense of humor......don’t quit you day job bro. Lol!

[PeterPrinciple]

“Never push a slower friend down.”

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When an old joke needs to be addressed in govt policy what does that mean?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I just read where FJB’s Indian running the Department of the Interior is pushing for taxpayer dollars to increase the size of all of the buffalo herds and stick them on Indian reservations. Imagine the hell those millions of buff farts are going to play with the Ozone hole. So much for the “climate crisis”.

[frithguild]

If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down...even if you feel the friendship has run its course⁣

Which course is that - the escape bear hell course doesn't count apparently.

[Tell It Right]

When an old joke needs to be addressed in govt policy what does that mean?

It means our IQ level has dropped. You don't have to worry about pushing down the slower friend. It's the faster friend that has to go down.

[MeganC]

Myself, I will never run during an encounter with a bear.

It can cause my heart rate to jump which would affect my aim.

[Da Coyote]

This was really a Babylon Bee article, right?
Oh, forgot, it came from our gubmit goons.

[Jeff Chandler]

Brings to mind a discussion on the effectiveness of .22LR ammo for bear defense.

[gundog]

Yup. It’s the faster ones you need to push.

[SJackson]

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

An old joke, kinda funny, but strange coming from the National Park Service.

[mware]

I had to check if it was the Bee.

[Right Brother]

Never go on a hike with anything less than a .357 Magnum.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I’m pretty sure my rapidly filling underwear would affect my name

[Red Badger]

Those great guys at the Bee can’t compete with reality!.............

[DIRTYSECRET]

Never push down a slower friend? A faster one would be the smart thing.

[Red Badger]

The Left has no sense of humor.

Even their memes are lame................

[PeterPrinciple]

Having reread it and thinking about it.

It does have some good humor to it to communicate some points. Would have been common in past years. It is us and the situation that has changed.

Humor is no longer appreciated, we are too serious.