Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by Ralphie
Hate to see anyone bear attacked, even a touron from NY. It is open country but that doesn’t mean you can’t get close to a bear without knowing it. Even without being stupid. I’m sure all of us would have done much better. Maybe he was not as observant as he should’ve been. Maybe he did nothing wrong but go for a hike.

My house has enough moths in it to feed 3 large grizzlies for a week. It must be a good moth year. Hope to hell the bears don’t find out about all the moths trapped in here.
Not uncommon to run into bears upclose but a large number of "incidents" seem to involve earbuds...

They're not only a hazard in the boonies. In downtown Denver we have commuter trains on the street level. When I worked down there, once or twice a year you'd hear about pedestrians getting hit by a train, and earbuds/earphones were usually involved.



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