Whoa Bear! Whoa Bear! Hey Bear!

I have officially deemed November, Bear Safety Awareness Month. So, I find it my duty to bring you two educational videos. The first of which is this one... Now I know you are thinking that this brief commercial is nothing but plain silliness and that, the brief fight is computer generated. I deny none of those claims. However, I find it still very valuable for demonstrating some very basic street fighting tactics, that may be useful if you encounter an angry bear. Just remember, based on that bears demonstration of fancy footwork you will need to bring your "A" game, if you want that Salmon.

The second of the two videos is a bit more lengthy and serious. The first part of this video that I would like to emphasize is bear spray. For the love of God make sure if you are going to gallivant about in the woods that you pack your bear spray. Now, I don't know that you will have the presence of mind to use it on the bear when this several thousand pound animal is eating your face, but make sure you at least have it on you. The second part I would like to emphasize is calling the bears bluff. This is much like playing a game of very high stakes poker, that is you have a small pocket pair and have just gone all in before the flop, oh and by the way you just went all in with your life! I think a good rule of thumb to operate by when calling the bears bluff, is if you don't feel like you could call OJ's bluff when he said he didn't do it, then you are not very good at reading people. So, you should probably run like hell no matter what. The last part I would like to call your attention to is the part about rolling around on the ground if the bear wants to roll you over. The Ranger says to let the bear roll you...You see to me...If I were the bear...Is all I would be able to thin is...YUM rotisserie!!! So, again I would recommend you run like hell...The Ranger cautions you not to worry though most of these attacks end in seconds...Well that's probably because it takes the bear no time at all kill you.

Well I hope that this bit of bear knowledge has helped you...Most of all I hope you can take some new information away from this lesson...Even if it is to carry bear spray, roll, or simply call the bears bluff, I still would like to caution you to watch for the fancy footwork and mean right cross.