[TennesseeGirl]

Honestly, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. When I've been in the park, I've seen idiots chasing a cub for a better picture. News flash, if there's a cub, Mama Bear will be somewhere nearby & she ain't gonna be happy. She can run faster than you, and she can climb trees, too. Visitors come into bear territory acting as if they're in a friggin' Disney movie. These ARE NOT tame, trained bears!

[ConsentofGoverned]

Remember never go Armed into the wild for our black bears never hurt People..Only a fool goes unprepared where he is not on top of the food chain..The National parks and our National Resources Police would rather this child die than have hikers able to defend themselves in the wild..More Madness of the ECO nuts and tree huggers who have gained control in too many of our government agencies.

[Erik Latranyi]

Visitors come into bear territory acting as if they're in a friggin' Disney movie.

You nailed it.

[DCPatriot]

What a horrible way for anyone to die...let alone a child.

[dljordan]

"These ARE NOT tame, trained bears!"

I've had em' try to get into the trail shelter at night. When I used to hike up in Cherokee Natnl' Forest I just carried a gun for the dopers and the bears.

[Constitutional Patriot]

"a friggin' Disney movie"

...Which is where most of these idiots learned what they know about bears.

I always pack a .44 when I'm in bear country. I would never want to use it.

[ClearBlueSky]

This is heartbreaking, horrific, tragic.
It is also why I am perfectly happy to stay in cities, thank you.
I figure my ancestors put their time in dealing with wild animals trying to kill them, and they worked hard to get out
of 'nature'. I have no desire to experience, now, what they gladly left . Bears, mountain lions, sharks...none of them can eat you if you don't go where they live looking for Disney.
Watch nature tv, or go camping with Ted Nugent.