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2gypsies1
Jul 01, 2015Explorer III
Bears have an excellent sense of smell. Just about anything will attract them - gum, toothpaste, tampons, lipgloss. It doesn't have to be food.
We've volunteered in parks and have seen the after effects of a bear in a tent and what they were going after. The most serious one involved a girl scout who threw her backpack in the tent after hiking. She didn't clean it out first. The bear was needlessly killed because of it.
When folks are given the paper warnings when entering the park and not reading them or not paying attention to signs, things like this happens, unfortunately.
We've volunteered in parks and have seen the after effects of a bear in a tent and what they were going after. The most serious one involved a girl scout who threw her backpack in the tent after hiking. She didn't clean it out first. The bear was needlessly killed because of it.
When folks are given the paper warnings when entering the park and not reading them or not paying attention to signs, things like this happens, unfortunately.
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