Bear Attack

[Southern Breeze]

Sad, a 6yo child was killed, what a horrible way to die.

Have read lots on bear avoidance and bear defense. Wonder what would/could have happened if someone there was kilted and could have "unkilted" and swung their unwrapped kilt in full circles over their head.

Would it have driven off the bear?....or attracted the bear....

Need more research on bears and swinging kilts....could it be that hiking kilted would turn out to be the best bear defense?

Really....

I'm serious here....

I really am.

Ron

Maybe Andrew can research this while on his upcoming hike.

In the light of this attack I've gotten nervous about bears. I've encounterd several and by the time I knew they were there they were headed the other way.

[mddock58]

Not always, but usually the error with Bears, is our own ignorance.

I have seen many campers and hikers ignore the warnings and leave food too close to their camp, and even in their tents assuming a bear will not bother them.

Then when they do encounter a bear, they think they can scare it away, or the bear looks so cute, they get too close!

I have even seen some prople complain to the rangers in the park about the bears, when their own stupidity caused the problem in the first place.

Now I don't know the specifics of this case, and I am not judging them, but there are many reasons that could have caused the "attack", and it is extremely sad that a child died because of it.