Skepticat 😸When a woman or girl goes missing in the woods, no one assumes it was a bear.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@Skepticat You ever read Alaska Magazine? We subscribed to it for a while before going there for our honeymoon ... every issue had a story about *somebody* being killed by either the wildlife or the scenery.
Nour 🏳️⚧️🍉@TimWardCam you're obviously missing the point, see the reply right after yours: https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/112384863704656545
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@Skepticat my dad was working on some research about wilderness/backcountry safety. After going over USFS and Park Service reports, papers, and news reports, he said it was crystal clear the animal that was most dangerous to people in the backcountry was other people. He has joked many times that when he carries a firearm in the woods it isn’t for bears or lyons, but for other people. So yep, bears much safer than men.
@autistic_enby "He has joked many times that when he carries a firearm in the woods it isn’t for bears or lyons, but for other people."
Yes, quite, exactly that sort of person. We didn't like it when someone we met in a US forest "joked" about having nearly shot us. Those of us who don't grow up in a gun culture don't find those sort of "jokes" funny.