MoapaPk wrote:SoCalHiker wrote:gwave47 wrote:Bears come out of the woods, just like we go in the woods.
I think that qualifies for the most ridiculous (or even delusional) statement I have heard in a very long time.
Hmmm. In Albuquerque, most bear-human interactions occurred when bears came down from the Sandia Mountains into town, perhaps lured by the fruit trees or the poultry and small livestock kept in Tijeras canyon. Several times during my 16 years there, bears wandered way down into the suburbs.
C'mon...
Has the thought ever crossed your mind that...
... every time a bear does wander into town the chances somebody sees it equals to probably close to 100%, while the chances of encountering a bear in the woods every time somebody ventures there is, what? ... almost zero. You're not seriously use that to argue that bears wander into towns as humans into woods...
... that many of those towns are built where bears used to roam freely before humans decided to settle there...
... that bears have to wander into new territories because human destroy their habitat...
... that bears wander into towns because they lost their instinctive fear of humans caused by thoughtless human behavior...
cheez...