This is ridiculous. It the forest. And, it's the forest in UT, not central park. Forests have animals. Some of those animals are dangerous. If you don't know that forests contain potentially deadly animals, then you are a moron and you deserve to be at the mercy of the food chain that you willingly put yourself in the middle of.
Whatever happened to the idea that you've accepted the risk when you've come to the hazard?
Bears in the woods. Who knew?
And would ya look at that, the bear’s got sharp stuff on him that hurts people. Shazam.
The only liability that the state would have is if they didn’t allow the people in the forest(or woods if you will) to be armed and allowed to defend themselves against wild animal attack.
Successful lawsuits against the government over similar circumstances aren’t unheard of.
In 1996, a bear mauled an Arizona teenager after dragging her out of a tent. The bear had previously been removed from the area but returned on its own.
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_794eb390-9401-537e-be51-5f7dc8ad89e3.html
from wintertime ...
This is ***NOT*** wilderness!
The **highly*** populated Utah Valley is an **easy** downhill ride to the west of this campground! It includes the solidly populated Provo, Orem, Lehi, and American Fork ***cities** and Thanksgiving Point!
On the east ( within the reach of a hearty walker) is Robert Redford’s resort of Sundance. I have **personally** ridden my **bike** from the campground to town of Heber in the nearby **populated** area of Heber Valley.
The area is thick as fleas with **people** who literally live within walking distance!!!!
Only IDIOTS would have introduced bears into an area in such close proximity on both the west and east with such highly populated area.
The area has not been wilderness for more than 100 years and the bears were deliberately **introduced** by idiots.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175917/posts?page=48#48