Never try that with a Grizzly. They will call your bluff every time.
Ralph Perrson was walking with his wife and dog in the woods when he noticed his dog was barking differently, the Swedish outlet The Local reported. Suddenly a large Eurasian brown bear ran out of the woods and charged at him.
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I suppose yelling like that might work. But I have a more effective way of surviving a bear attack.
Just run faster than your wife.
Yeah.
It’s darn deceiving that a beast as dangerous as a bear looks so cute and cuddly.
One shot from a .45 has the exact same result. And if the bear is rabid and should he/she continue to charge, well, you get the idea.
There is the significant risk of survivorship bias in the article’s headline. It’s only the right way for the survivors. It wouldn’t seem to be the right way if 999 out of 1000 people who tried it got eaten, but you won’t see youtube videos of those people, you will only see this one. I don’t know the actual statistics, but I wouldn’t take the headline as necessarily sage and safe advice for all bear encounters.
I have a better way. Don’t provoke the bear by following it and taking video with your iPhone. This may have worked this time, but what about the next provoker/videographer?
To thwart a bear attack, make yourself look bigger and scarier, then shoot it...
This was a hoax, the bear is his pet. :)
Whew... THAT’s a relief .... And here I thought it was going to be another “Post a neon sign with a gay sailor on it”, like the article from the other day, about keeping Russian submarines out of Swedish waters...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3289310/posts
This only works if the bear is not that hungry (any predator will not risk getting injured over a minor snack) or if the bear is NOT protecting it’s young or has it’s back against the wall.
If you are in an area and the bear comes up to you, chances are a curious bear will run away if you seem intimidating, however, if you are encroaching into the bear’s territory and the bear has cubs nearby i think the only options are to kill the bear or run like hell.
Someone is going to be bear poop one day. Leave the bears alone.
If that bear was really attacking, he’d be running a whole lot faster than that....that looked like more of a playful hop.
The “right way” is to be 1 mile away. Forget about this way.
That bear almost had a Swedish meatball....
My method for not getting ate by a bear is 100% effective.
I simply stay out of bear country.