Encountering Bears
There is a current Video going around of a bear encounter at Glacier National Park. The bear is seen running towards a hiking group including a toddler being carried in a backpack. Luckily the bear slowed and turned away. This video prompted me to do a little PSA. On what TO DO and NOT DO. If you hike in bear country, be prepared on what to do in an encounter. The hikers in this video... they run. DO NOT RUN! No matter how fast you are, trust me you cannot outrun a bear. Running from a bear, dog, mountain lian only encourages their predator instinct to chase you. Not only that but it requires you to turn your back on the bear.. which you should never do. The saving grace in this video is that the man carrying the toddler slows, faces the bear and waves his arms, yelling making himself look big and scary, unpredicatable and not prey. The people filming were also yelling, pay attention to what the bear does when the man faces it and waves his arms, what it does when the people fi
