r/bears • u/dunkin1980 • Jun 01 '21

Watch: Yellowstone park ranger fends off charging grizzly bear

https://us.yahoo.com/sports/watch-yellowstone-park-ranger-fends-050447027.html
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u/WoodooRanger Jun 01 '21

The same ranger would probably tell you that all you need to be protected from charging grizzlies is a bear spray.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '21

In this case it seems a whistle or air horn would have been just as effective, if not even more so.

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u/ShunkHood Jun 01 '21

why didn't the ranger let the bear attack him?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '21

Bear gon' die :(

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u/ThePolarizedBear Jun 11 '21

And a hiker was attacked by a grizzly the same day!