If a momma bear with cubs feels threatened she definitely will attack.
Unfortunately you could be a innocent victim sleeping in your tent when a
momma bear with cubs wanders close then notices you.

Bears that are used to people don't bother us unless we have something
hanging around that smells inviting.

But we look like a food source to any bear not used to humans. And to a
bear, food is food and we don't run very fast...

Tom

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: camping amidst bears, safety question

exactly.
last summer, near Kalispell MT I think..
a tent-sleeping camper or two were attacked right in their tents at night..
one person killed for sure.
I think it was a mama bear and two cubs ..
but right smack in a normally-feels-safe national forest campground I
believe.

that would be an interesting way to go ..
attacked and killed right in your tent by a bear.  Probably chewed on , if
not drug off  and partially eaten too.

'mostly' bears don't attack humans unprovoked...
but there are exceptions.
I think they were grizzlies.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: camping amidst bears, safety question

> And try to forget that your sleeping body is, under the right  conditions,
> food.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> Keep everything
>> associated with food completely separate from your sleeping body.
>

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