Very good video clips-the bear looks like the common black bears we have in Eastern NC.I have encoutered them while going to and leaving work.Twice I have had to stop and let them pass-and stay in the car!There is a black bear hunting season out here for both firearms and archery.and I have heard bear "bauls" while doing security checks out here at work on my mid shift-make sure all coumpound gates are closed!Bears are much like people they will eat the same things and like people-will "dumpster dive" to get food scraps.also there are feral hogs out in this area-they can be just as dangerous and as big as the bears.The hogs are better eating than the bears-for both the meat MUST be cooked well done to avoid trichcanosis and other perasites they can carry.
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Several years ago the Ontario government eliminated the annual bear hunt. Since then the bear population has grown tremendously and it seems like there are a lot more bear attacks.
Gary
Gary
sudsmaster
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You're probably wise to be cautious, but I'd be extra vigilant whenever taking food in or out of the house...
Black bear knocks down Vernon man, steals sandwich
Posted by mrispoli July 01, 2009 16:00PM
VERNON -- Police say it was an "attack." At this point, New Jersey wildlife officials say, it was an "incident."
Either way, Henry Rouwendal, who was nursing a head injury, dislocated shoulder and other injuries at his Vernon home last night, says his run-in with a hungry black bear was "a pretty wild ordeal."
"I'm still hurting pretty badly. My face is all messed up. It looks like I've been in a boxing match," said the 52-year-old electrical engineer. "I'm just lucky to be talking to you now."
Rouwendal said he was in his driveway at about 10:30 last Friday night, loading the back of his sport utility vehicle for a business trip to New Hampshire.
Along with his bags was an Italian hoagie, loaded with salami and other meats, lettuce, onions and tomatoes.
Suddenly, Rouwendal said, something hit him from behind.
"It blind-sided me. I was on the ground and I was thinking, 'What the hell just hit me?'" said Rouwendal, who also suffered a large cut on his left temple and several deep bruises on his knee, elbow and buttocks.
Rouwendal said he was knocked, face-first to the ground. When he rolled over, the bear was standing over him and then grabbed the sandwich.
"I kicked him three times in the snout and one time in the throat. I think the one in the throat got him," Rouwendal said, adding the bear started to run toward the rear of his home on Panorama Drive in the Lake Panorama section of Vernon.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/black_bear_attacks_vernon_man.html
Black bear knocks down Vernon man, steals sandwich
Posted by mrispoli July 01, 2009 16:00PM
VERNON -- Police say it was an "attack." At this point, New Jersey wildlife officials say, it was an "incident."
Either way, Henry Rouwendal, who was nursing a head injury, dislocated shoulder and other injuries at his Vernon home last night, says his run-in with a hungry black bear was "a pretty wild ordeal."
"I'm still hurting pretty badly. My face is all messed up. It looks like I've been in a boxing match," said the 52-year-old electrical engineer. "I'm just lucky to be talking to you now."
Rouwendal said he was in his driveway at about 10:30 last Friday night, loading the back of his sport utility vehicle for a business trip to New Hampshire.
Along with his bags was an Italian hoagie, loaded with salami and other meats, lettuce, onions and tomatoes.
Suddenly, Rouwendal said, something hit him from behind.
"It blind-sided me. I was on the ground and I was thinking, 'What the hell just hit me?'" said Rouwendal, who also suffered a large cut on his left temple and several deep bruises on his knee, elbow and buttocks.
Rouwendal said he was knocked, face-first to the ground. When he rolled over, the bear was standing over him and then grabbed the sandwich.
"I kicked him three times in the snout and one time in the throat. I think the one in the throat got him," Rouwendal said, adding the bear started to run toward the rear of his home on Panorama Drive in the Lake Panorama section of Vernon.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/black_bear_attacks_vernon_man.html
stevet
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Bear Lovers Part II
Should I be a troublemaker and suggest we start a new thread for the 2 legged bears in our midst?
Just could not resist!
Should I be a troublemaker and suggest we start a new thread for the 2 legged bears in our midst?
Just could not resist!
I agree S teve, but I"m not gonna be the one to start it. Maybe Ralph should!!!
whirlcool
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A guy I fly with on occasion has a beach house in Panama City, Fl and has problems with black bears. These things will come up the stairs and lounge on the deck. Local code requires that everyone has bear proof trash cans. Actually they aren't bear proof, but bear resistant. A determined bear can still get into them.
One of the bears broke into a neighbors car and trashed it a couple of months ago. It broke out the windshield and climbed inside. The car was totaled. They have seen one of them in their yard a few times while they were outside. Fortunately the bears run off as soon as they see people.
To tell you the truth, I never even thought that bears were in Florida.
One of the bears broke into a neighbors car and trashed it a couple of months ago. It broke out the windshield and climbed inside. The car was totaled. They have seen one of them in their yard a few times while they were outside. Fortunately the bears run off as soon as they see people.
To tell you the truth, I never even thought that bears were in Florida.
I didn't know that there were bears in FL either. What was in the car that the bear would want to get inside?
Gary
Gary
sudsmaster
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Bears in the national parks have learned that many cars are simply big food packages. Or they can smell a morsel of food through the car's vents or slightly opened windows.
abcomatic
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Jamman 98 and Yogtitunes, Bears are the way to go. Hair is a good thing. mmmm, Gary
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