why does playing dead work to avoid getting attacked by brown bears? Wouldn’t they want to eat you more if they thought you were dead and thus couldn’t fight back?
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Years ago, a friend of mine who was living temporarily in Alaska met up with some people via a local FB group to do some overnight hiking. They all met up the day-of to check each others supplies and packs. My friend caught a glimpse of a pretty standard police issue handgun in one dudes stuff, and asked him if it was for bears if they came across one. The guy just smiled, tapped his own temple and said “it ain’t for the bear if we do”.
If you’re close enough to a brown bear where you’re trying to figure out if you should run, fight, or play dead, you’re already done. Those things will fuck you right the fuck up
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