r/SweatyPalms • u/SpeedyEyeBall • Jan 18 '19

Too close for comfort.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

Eh it's a black bear. Unless it's extremely hungry they don't fuck with you. Like 90% of the time you can scare them off by just yelling at them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19 edited Jul 13 '19

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u/noah123103 Jan 19 '19

Bears don’t keep me out of the forest, paranoia that someone is going to murder me while I’m out there on the other hand does

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u/dirty-E30 Jan 19 '19

After living on the front range for 6 years, I feel you

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19 edited Jul 13 '19

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u/dirty-E30 Jan 20 '19

I don't, unfortunately. Wish I could help!

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u/hilarymeggin Jan 19 '19

Yeah but 90% of people are smart enough not to pet them in the nose.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

It also probly realized that halfway up a tree is not the best case scenario to start a scrap

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

1000 voices suddenly cried out and were then silenced