Years ago, when our land was still part of the forest, I was walking down to our garden and heard a crashing in the bushes and trees. I quickly walked away from the sound, thinking I was foolish. Andy saw a lot more elk than I did because when he heard crashing he would walk towards it and would see the elk running away. Instead I would foolishly assume it was a bear.
A few minutes later Andy yelled,
Hey, Jean! Did you see the bear running down the road?
I decided to keep my strategy. If a wild animal was crashing through the bushes trying to run away from me, I would be grateful and would continue to give it plenty of space.
August 22, 2020
I’m with YOU! xo
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yep, I would be off quick smart – in the general direction that crashing wasn’t coming towards me – not running but walking purposely and fast.
If I hear a dog barking at me on my walks, usually behind an enclosure/fence, I smartly cross over the road – and then try to remember which side of road to be on next time… dogs can make a fair mess of people’s body structure…every year there are cases here, sometimes even the owner is attacked – mostly the dogs with bad genes but not always…
Yes, just walk briskly, and never run… you don’t want to trigger a prey drive and be thought of as food.
We would definitely go along with your decision!!! One time Mom was walking on the trail with three of the Angels (before they were Angels:), and as they turned to cross the bridge back to the development, up out of the brush long the creek popped a BIG buck!!! Mom, the three Sibes, and the buck were each all totally stunned by the sight of the others. The buck quickly turned back to the creek, and Mom hustled across the bridge:)
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
Good for the Sibes for not wanting to chase, and good for the mom to get everyone out of there.
I would go with your strategy as well
It’s the prudent and considerate thing to do.
I would at least not walk towards it!
Yes!
In August 2001, we were staying in a cabin in Glacier National Park. On one day trip, to get to one extremely beautiful part of the park, we had to exit and drive through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to a different entrance.
The road to the Many Glacier Entrance runs through open range and that day there was a lot of cattle grazing or laying near the road. As we got closer to the entrance, Karen spotted something black moving through the brush toward the road and yelled “Cow!…Cow!….BEAR!”
I was able to stop in time and the black bear crossed the road in front of us and disappeared into the brush on the south side of the road before we could get a picture.
The last time we were in Glacier, in an area of the park that has such low visitation that the Camas Creek entrance station isn’t even manned in the evening and overnight, we were fortunate to see a sow and 3 cubs saunter across the road in front of us. How cool is that!
That is cool!
I would never ever never walk/run towards anything making a crashing noise in the woods. I vote for leaving in the other direction… you did the thing i would do.. Bob would go towards the noise
Better safe than sorry, but so far we haven’t had enough bears for them to be much of a danger.
I would be running in the opposite direction!
No, never run. That might get you labeled as a prey. Walk confidently…briskly is all right.
So you probably know the answer to the question often asked, “Do bear poop in the forest?”
Yes. 😀
You are trying to scare the living daylights out of me, aren’t you????
~gigggggles~
Very glad you stick to your original plan.
Of course, if I lived there….. I would simply stay inside all the time!!! LOL
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Despite everything I’ve been taught, I think it would be very difficult — if not impossible — not to obey the impulse to run.
I know!