[ableChair]

Sounds like the poor guy was actually mentally ill. Some of these animal 'advocates' don't understand what "wild" means. Basically, stay away from them, but if you must go in their country, carry an adequately sized firearm and use it only as a last-ditch defense. I do a lot of backpacking in the Rockies and always carry a .44 Magnum revolver just for that purpose. I'll try everything else to avert an attack before shooting, but the sidearm is just common sense.

[bethelgrad]

Where do you where it? Ever had to use it?

[fire_eye]

Sounds like the poor guy was actually mentally ill.

No, he was just chronically Californian.