Nayele18
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
McNadoMD (@mcnado@mstdn.social)
@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.
@TimWardCam
No, but I have lived on the Canadian/Maine border for 6 months in a cabin on the side of a mountain. Bear frequently attempted to get into the locked trash container. Also had Moose, herds of them, frequently running through the front of the property. I loved living in the wilderness.
No, but I have lived on the Canadian/Maine border for 6 months in a cabin on the side of a mountain. Bear frequently attempted to get into the locked trash container. Also had Moose, herds of them, frequently running through the front of the property. I loved living in the wilderness.
@Skepticat I don't know anyone who's been hurt by a bear. But some relatives did have a bear invade their kitchen and eat a birthday cake.
samiamsam
Jargoggles@Skepticat
And, at least with black bears, they'll generally leave when you shout at them.
And, at least with black bears, they'll generally leave when you shout at them.
@jargoggles
Yes! The only time one ran after me was while riding an ATV in the woods. She had a cub. I scared her. Had I not been riding that day, our paths would never have crossed. It was that remote.
Yes! The only time one ran after me was while riding an ATV in the woods. She had a cub. I scared her. Had I not been riding that day, our paths would never have crossed. It was that remote.
Jo - pièce de résistanceThat is a mic drop.
Sordid Amok!@Skepticat I wish there was any possible way I could disagree with you
Thiago@Skepticat That's... painful. And horribly true.
Jonathan HendryExcept in parts of Canada/Alaska/Montana.
I mean it’s still probably a dude but the potential it’s a bear is way way higher.
Joe@jonhendry @Skepticat Grizzlies (Montana, Western Canada, Alaska) are much more likely to attack people than the black bears of the Sierra or of Appalachia.
Mathias 🏳️🌈
New Views@Skepticat Just avoid the woods 😏
kolya@Skepticat Not even if there are bear prints nearby? Are you sure?
2¢@Skepticat true. More likely a wolf. I've heard these stories.