too many bears where i live

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  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    Just think of the horror if there were treadmills in the woods!!!!

    Oh, the carnage!
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Life is dangerous.

    Wild animals... mostly they would rather avoid humans. Make some noise when you are out walking and you won't see much of anything. I have been hiking at my in-laws cabin in the Allegheny mountains where the neighbor who lives there year round has said he has seen as many as 6 black bears in our camp some mornings. Yet in an entire weekend of camping have yet to see a bear. Plenty of scat. No bears. Kind of a bummer really.

    You can't go through life being to afraid of the world to go out your front door. It sounds like you live in a pretty wonderful place to be outdoors. There is less and less of the world where wild things still have a place. And those places are usually incredibly beautiful. How sad to never be able to experience it out of fear of something that will probably never happen.

    What good is a long life if you never do anything with it?




  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited August 2015
    This is not a sane reason to condone it, but if I were to be killed by a bear, car or treadmill...

    I think I might pick the bear.

    Not that I want any of those, and frankly the bear might be the least pleasant way to go.

    But if I could, I would be thrilled to say I was killed by a bear while running in the woods as opposed to being hit by a car, or falling from a treadmill and hitting my head.

    In fact, if I ever do go running in bear country, I think I will do it naked with my hair on fire just to add to the story.

    Aw, heck, who am I kidding? I would have done it naked even without the bear! Except maybe the hair on fire part.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    @whatmerunning no matter how you die we'll drag your body to the woods and tell a great story of your bare bear death. Cause. well. that's what friends do for each other.
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    I don't think @WhatMeRunning should be tempting us with these ideas @skippygirlsmom. ;-)
  • TenHorses
    TenHorses Posts: 1 Member
    Bears are just trying to get their exercise and fun in too!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4sEazfbKwf8
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @whatmerunning no matter how you die we'll drag your body to the woods and tell a great story of your bare bear death. Cause. well. that's what friends do for each other.

    why wait for him to die? be more proactive
  • gunrock1970
    gunrock1970 Posts: 45 Member
    moyer566 wrote: »
    it's best to avoid bears if possible and cougars of all kind

    consider a treadmill if you do not feel safe

    You might get a better workout with some kinds of cougar than a treadmill! :D
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    mwyvr wrote: »
    I don't think @WhatMeRunning should be tempting us with these ideas @skippygirlsmom. ;-)

    LOL
    DavPul wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @whatmerunning no matter how you die we'll drag your body to the woods and tell a great story of your bare bear death. Cause. well. that's what friends do for each other.

    why wait for him to die? be more proactive

    He runs faster than I do
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    Really you guys?

    Wow.

    You have no idea what this means to me.

    I had no idea you all cared this much! :cry:

    I love you all too!
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    meganridenour wrote: »
    Lorelei1974 wrote: »
    I want to start walking, but where I live there are a lot of black bears and other wild animal hazards. Maybe if I only walk when it is daylight I will feel safer.

    Where do you live? I want to live there. Sounds like a dream to me!

    Pacific Northwest. They're everywhere. I have probably a dozen bear encounters a year - and I only live an hour from a major city.

    I live in town in durango Colorado and have a bear living in the trees next door. Taking out the trash is always an adventure at night.

  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    You can get exercise dvds from the library.
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,514 Member
    DawnieB1977 wrote: »
    Clarewho wrote: »
    Wow! The biggest problem I have running in England is being run over by the milk float. And the weather of course :wink: I don't envy you!

    Haha and I'm scared of dogs off their leads on the seafront. Not many bears in East Sussex...

    its their owners im scared of up here in sheffield.
    sign says dogs should be on leads at all times but folks let thier dogs roam free and many choose to run with me at least for a little while

    the owners get angry and ive been told several times i should be walking if theres dogs around, sooooo i should on run 100 yards of my 2 mile run then?

    i used to be terrified of dogs as i was bitten on 3 occasions as a child but thankfully none of the dogs i meet at the park or the lake have been aggressive

  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    MostlyWater wrote: »
    You can get exercise dvds from the library.

    But you might encounter bears (or cows) on the way to the library!!

  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    Really you guys?

    Wow.

    You have no idea what this means to me.

    I had no idea you all cared this much! :cry:

    I love you all too!

    :heart:
  • MisterZ33
    MisterZ33 Posts: 567 Member
    Are you guys not paying your Bear Taxes?
  • aaroessler
    aaroessler Posts: 32 Member
    Bear spray!!!!!!!!!!!! Black bears are pretty timid too, unless they have cubs or are quite large 300+lbs range. I personally wouldn't be afraid; go buy 2 cans of bears spray and use one as your test can to see how it works (make sure you're pointing it downwind and have nothing downwind you value). Bear spray is like pepper spray on streiods, having it is safer than having a gun.
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    I guess swimming is out too

    https://youtu.be/77dtqOOaGLo

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