I'm gonna find me a bear so I can call bluff on his charge!

He's adorable!

2:30

" I am a woman, im all alone "

is that somehow supposed to inspire some sort of scenario of what , she is less capable ?

what sexist b/s

and if this bear got all StingRayToSteveIrwin on her, what would we say...

this is one of those cases where if she got mauled, I'd have a real hard time feeling empathetic towards her

seriously, would someone actually say, "OMG I can't believe she was mauled by a bear! What a tragedy!?!"

It's coming right for us!!!

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>> ^BoneRemake:

2:30
" I am a woman, im all alone "
is that somehow supposed to inspire some sort of scenario of what , she is less capable ?
what sexist b/s


It's a jersey thing.

What? No Colbert joke?????

I got nuthin', I just came to read it.

wow what a moron.
being an idiot is not a good way to change people's attitude towards bears.
Didn't Timothy Treadwell and Werner Herzog teach us anything?

..and don't give me some crap about grizzlies being dangerous and black bears being harmless. That logic would imply that it's fine to taunt a grizzly because it's not as bad-ass as a polar bear. Bears are dangerous. Accept it.. treat them with the respect the deserve.

>> ^grinter:

wow what a moron.
being an idiot is not a good way to change people's attitude towards bears.
Didn't Timothy Treadwell and Werner Herzog teach us anything?
..and don't give me some crap about grizzlies being dangerous and black bears being harmless. That logic would imply that it's fine to taunt a grizzly because it's not as bad-ass as a polar bear. Bears are dangerous. Accept it.. treat them with the respect the deserve.


Well, no, it would imply that black bears are behaviourally different than grizzlies in a way that makes them less of a threat. These assessments are done species-by-species, according to the facts, not with an arbitrarily imposed system of logic.

>> ^BoneRemake:

2:30
" I am a woman, im all alone "
is that somehow supposed to inspire some sort of scenario of what , she is less capable ?
what sexist b/s


Men are, on the whole, stronger, faster and bigger than women. I think she's just making a point that she's more vulnerable than most of the pussies people claiming to have been attacked by black bears. I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, though.

Alternate title: stupid woman almost gets eaten by a bear.

She's obviously never seen Grizzly Man.

That may be the ugliest woman in New Jersey?

Wow!!! she is NUTS, everything about this video is totally nuts. This being considered advice is ridiculous.

Grew up in the mountains of New Jersey, and this lady gets it half-right. Yeah, the bears are usually more scared of you than you might think... but notice this video is taped in autumn. That bear would have reacted a lot differently in the spring, when it wakes up from hibernation and is literally starving. Now imagine this woman trying to get between a starving bear and its acorns....

Bears get shot a lot in NJ (I'm referring here to out of season), but usually it is in the spring. Some are so hungry they will eat just about anything including your pets who happen to be tied up outside. One broke into our neighbor's house while the guy was cooking dinner to get at the steak that was being grilled. The thing literally knocked down the back door to get in. Once it was inside it ransacked the place. Eventually the cops came and had to kill it.

Another situation you want to watch out for is cubs... if there are cubs around and you startle the mama bear, it's a really bad situation. She's not going to bluff charge--she's going to maul you until you are either dead or have the sense enough to stop moving and play dead so that she thinks you're not a threat anymore.

Yeah, it sucks that New Jersey is rapidly depleting its woodlands and the bears have no place to go. Yeah, it sucks that some jerks shoot the bears just because they are a "nuisance" and tip over the garbage cans occasionally. I get the point this lady is trying to make with this video, but she's just advocating reckless behavior that in the wrong circumstances is likely to get someone seriously injured or killed.

rawr.

>> ^Gallowflak:

>> ^grinter:
wow what a moron.
being an idiot is not a good way to change people's attitude towards bears.
Didn't Timothy Treadwell and Werner Herzog teach us anything?
..and don't give me some crap about grizzlies being dangerous and black bears being harmless. That logic would imply that it's fine to taunt a grizzly because it's not as bad-ass as a polar bear. Bears are dangerous. Accept it.. treat them with the respect the deserve.

Well, no, it would imply that black bears are behaviourally different than grizzlies in a way that makes them less of a threat. These assessments are done species-by-species, according to the facts, not with an arbitrarily imposed system of logic.


well, no. Saying that black bears are "less of a threat than Grizzlies" is both true and a good message to get out there. Saying that "black bears are harmless" is will get people killed and is criminally negligent.

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id like to see her try that on a kodiak bear!

First off I wouldn't ever intentionally get that close to a wild bear.

Secondly I believe that they can be scared off, but that is a response that can be overcome by hunger or learning that humans are squishy and weak. As the bear is able to be close to humans without getting attacked the bear becomes more curious to what human might taste like.

http://www.dailyhiker.com/news/million-awarded-family-of-boy-killed-by-bear/

If you see a bear and it is coming after you. Shoot it. Don't see if it will stop 2 feet from you.

If you feel like bears deserve to live, then shoot it in the foot or graze it so that it gets some pain and is permanently afraid of humans. If you don't care about bears then just keep shooting it in the head until it stops moving.

"Damn, woman, leave me alone! (pesky wench)"

Somewhere out there there is a camera in the woods with a video waiting to be title "snuff charge".

Gotta agree, videos like this will get people killed. This bear in this situation did not attack, but that certainly won't be the case for all bear encounters.

Even so, I would hate to see people going out killing bears. They are beautiful creatures and humans are destroying their habitat.

Instead of a gun, carry pepper spray.

I think she's too stupid to be considered brave. Bravery is standing up for what you believe in or trying to accomplish something important in spite of knowing the risks. She's not accomplishing anything and doesn't appear aware of the danger.

so um, when's Werner Herzog's 'Black Bear Woman' documentary coming out?

This is idiotic. Black bears kill about as many people as Grizzly bears(1). Obviously that's partly a product of them being much more common, but still -- they are undeniably dangerous. The actions of this woman might be 99% safe, but that's not good enough considering how often black bears and humans run in to each other. I would definitely defend myself if a black bear charged me -- there's a non-trivial chance that bear has selected me for his dinner menu.

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America

Tempted to label this *viral *politics for the speech in the middle.

I take my whip and fedora whenever I go into the woods. Bears know who Indiana Jones is and are terrified of him.

Thank god most animals don't know how weak and pathetic we are. If you don't have a good weapon, you're really only protected by bluffing. . . Well that an being intelligent enough to avoid dangerous animals, but where is the fun in that?

Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, he eats you.

It's always a bluff charge until it's a real charge.

black bear vs kyles mom

Grizzly Bears are not the same as Black Bears or Brown Bears. >> ^blankfist:

She's obviously never seen Grizzly Man.

Yea this only works on Black bears I assume.

Man, eat that bitch.