Bear Week...

I know it's Shark Week, but have you heard about all the bear attacks lately?

The first bear attack happened a month ago (end of June) in Yellowstone. (It actually happened while we were taking our wonderful vacation in Yellowstone) An Elderly man, was a part of a team that was studying grizzly bears. He went back to the site where they tranquilized and tagged the teddy that ended his life and that's when he met back up with the not so happy bear. Sadly the elderly didn't win, and was found dead. They later tracked down that bear and killed him.

Sad story, but man o man, we saw 3 different bears while we were in Yellowstone... In fact they attract such crowds that to these teddy bears its probably like a buffet. And trust me a bear can definitely out run a human. Those buggers can move when they want. Grizzlies are not even the largest bear out there... Take a look here to see the size scale Here is a brown bear size scale and a Black bear.

Now there has been more reports of bear attacks and its only mid-summer! One of the victims of the a recent bear attack (that lived)said, as soon as she went limp, that's when the bear started losing interest in her. Well I don't know about you guys, but I think it would be VERY HARD to go limp when being attacked by a bear. Another camper was not so lucky...

So what are making these Bears act out? Or is it the Humans crossing the bears comfort line? They say that the tranquilizers could be making the bears more aggressive, but that only applies to the old man situation. Are these campers making too good smelling of food? Who knows....

While Shark week is an awesome experience that will definitely get your blood flowing, Bears (for most of us) live in our backyards, and are definitely a bigger threat.