Statistics don’t matter when they happen to YOU.
It’s not that such events happen often.
It’s that they do happen - and being prepared is harmless.
People can throw around stats regarding bear attacks all they like - doesn’t change the fact that my wife DID almost walk into a bear (at which point I was keenly aware of what was _not_ within arm’s reach).
I've had (black) bears hanging around campsites in the back country and chased a cub up a tree (back in my youth) and had a friend eaten by an aggressive Griz on gov't parkland in AK. Nothing to fool with.