I tried to find the other thread on this, but it seems to have vanished.
It is springtime in Alaska and the bears are out.
Guy I know in a rural subdivision had bears busting into his supposedly 'bear-proof' dumpster all through the week. Last weekend, a couple of his smaller kids (10 and under range) were at the neighbors when a bear came right up to the house and started scratching the door. The nutcase neighbor waited until the bear had left, then sent the kids home...alone and on foot. My friend was...less than thrilled.
A couple days ago, this friend of mine decided to scare the bears away from the dumpster. So he gets to rooting around in the closet and digs up one of these eight foot tall inflatable monstrosities you see all over during the holidaze (the polar bear one by the way). He also sets up a crude motion detector deal by the dumpster, wired not just to lights, but to an old stereo loaded with god-awful country music (volume cranked all the way up). Bears show up. (Mama and two cubs). Bears not fazed in the slightest by the inflatable monstrosity. Bears trip motion detector, music fires up. Mama Bear looses her nerve and runs off into the woods. Baby Bears not fazed at all; continue process of ripping dumpster open. Guy fires a couple of .22 shots in their direction. Again, not fazed. (too young). Guy gives up.
(Because this was a bear family with juveniles, and because of some other stuff, simply shooting the bears dead not an option at this point).
Then, day before yesterday, things got ugly. As I said, this guy lives in a rural subdivision. Some of the folks there are like Zen, in that they like to go jogging - including my friends neighbor on the other side. He went jogging. Bear saw a 200+ pound snack go trotting by, attacked, and mauled him pretty badly. About all that can be said at this point is he'll probably live; severe wounds to head and abdomen.
Oughta be a lesson or two for Zen in here someplace.
It is springtime in Alaska and the bears are out.
Guy I know in a rural subdivision had bears busting into his supposedly 'bear-proof' dumpster all through the week. Last weekend, a couple of his smaller kids (10 and under range) were at the neighbors when a bear came right up to the house and started scratching the door. The nutcase neighbor waited until the bear had left, then sent the kids home...alone and on foot. My friend was...less than thrilled.
A couple days ago, this friend of mine decided to scare the bears away from the dumpster. So he gets to rooting around in the closet and digs up one of these eight foot tall inflatable monstrosities you see all over during the holidaze (the polar bear one by the way). He also sets up a crude motion detector deal by the dumpster, wired not just to lights, but to an old stereo loaded with god-awful country music (volume cranked all the way up). Bears show up. (Mama and two cubs). Bears not fazed in the slightest by the inflatable monstrosity. Bears trip motion detector, music fires up. Mama Bear looses her nerve and runs off into the woods. Baby Bears not fazed at all; continue process of ripping dumpster open. Guy fires a couple of .22 shots in their direction. Again, not fazed. (too young). Guy gives up.
(Because this was a bear family with juveniles, and because of some other stuff, simply shooting the bears dead not an option at this point).
Then, day before yesterday, things got ugly. As I said, this guy lives in a rural subdivision. Some of the folks there are like Zen, in that they like to go jogging - including my friends neighbor on the other side. He went jogging. Bear saw a 200+ pound snack go trotting by, attacked, and mauled him pretty badly. About all that can be said at this point is he'll probably live; severe wounds to head and abdomen.
Oughta be a lesson or two for Zen in here someplace.
