Priceless Question

Surprisingly, everyone answered honestly!

That is the norm on TripAdvisor-there's very little "snark" on there. I have an account and post after every trip I take. I probably would have laughed my butt off if I saw that before I take into account not everyone is an outdoor person.

We had Nellie the black bear come into our campsite every day for a week or so, 2 years ago. She was not scared of a quad being revved up, or a truck horn being honked at her. There was a berry patch close by as in a few feet close. So myself, my son and son in law stood there watching her and we each had a can of bear spray. Never needed it as she was obedience trained. When she decided that she had enough berries for a few hours she would start to move towards us and we would say, in a calm voice, no Nellie go the other way and she would. It was a daily occurrence. I have to say that she was only interested in those berries. Oh yes, she sure didn't like it when another camper fired off a bear bang. That made her move quite fast. There were a lot of pictures taken from the 3 trailers by the woman folk and yes I was to be the sacrificial person as , at that time I was 69 years old thereby being the slowest of the 3 of us standing there and moving with her as she went around the campsite. We were dry camping in the Rocky Mountains, in Alberta.

DutchmenSport wrote:
Some folks do have a sense of humor on these forums.

Actually, bear spray is used like pepper spray on humans. If attacked by a bear you spray it in their face and then run like ... (well, you know!)

;) Never run, walk backwards slowly. Or have someone with you who you know is slower than you :)

Some folks do have a sense of humor on these forums.

Actually, bear spray is used like pepper spray on humans. If attacked by a bear you spray it in their face and then run like ... (well, you know!)

:B:B:B

Tell them it's to help keep the mosquitoes off of the bears. That the mosquitoes are so large that if several of them attack a bear at one time, they could carry it off. They're to tell the bear to "sit" and then go up to them an spray a liberal amount all over the bear starting with the head.

Bill