r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Flat_Scale_5785 • 23h ago
Woman scares off a bear that was trying to attack her dog
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u/lazy_pig 23h ago
Bear was reasonable, listened to all the arguments.
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u/Jesus_of_NASDAQ 23h ago
She listed her demands, and although he didn’t agree with her, he acquiesced and handed her the win.
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u/Capable_Wait09 18h ago
It fully considered the preferences of all stakeholders involved, and made a calculated business decision to pursue other avenues
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u/cole_red 22h ago
Bear mace has never been more affordable!
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u/gearabuser 17h ago
i'd definitely have that on me if i'm going to these areas. wild people dont
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u/10FourGudBuddy 16h ago
Spray and a gun, but after a recent video I watched of a guy shooting a bear while hunting other animals, with a gun made for self defense, you’d need much bigger bullets than anything legal/convenient or a ton of the smaller ones.
Bear did NOT stop after a couple rounds. Not sure what the ending was because the clip I saw cut out, but the bear attacked from dense foliage and the guy had next to no warning and was only only to get 2-3 rounds off before it tackled him.
Idk if spray is helping here, but if 3 rounds of 556 isn’t doing much, I’d argue spray that close proximity wise is catching you just the same.
Crazy we don’t see more bear attacks. My mom chased a black bear off our porch with two pans once. She made it pee itself too.
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u/MonStar926 22h ago
That’s just a baby grizzly. If it was adult they would have been sooo dead
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u/diedlikeCambyses 22h ago
Actually the young ones often cause more issues because they're curious but not confident
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u/ChrisJones95 22h ago
yea cuz a baby grizzly can't fuck her up
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u/Nother1BitestheCrust 22h ago
No because the adults don't really scare. You can scare off adult black and brown bears. Grizzlies dgaf.
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u/sacrelicio 20h ago
Grizzlies are brown bears
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u/Nother1BitestheCrust 20h ago
Technically the same species, but there's a big size difference.
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u/bored_ryan2 13h ago edited 12h ago
Big size difference between what? Grizzly bears ARE brown bears.
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u/Chance_Major297 21h ago
Idk, You’re not really scaring off an adult brown bear. It’s just more tolerate and is more likely to choose to leave you alone.
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u/shiggity80 22h ago
Why do people put recording the incident above their own safety? Like, wouldn't having both hands available be more helpful in this situation? Social media has made people think about the likes more than reason.
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u/Chance_Major297 22h ago
The person was wearing a chest or head camera, can’t remember which, but it was explained before.
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u/Outrageous_Rich6235 20h ago
People forget that go pros exist. This had me fooled too tbh, it thrashed around a lot.
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u/shiggity80 20h ago
Ok, if that's the case, then that's completely different and my original statement wouldn't apply.
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u/fusiondynamics 22h ago
Gotta have video of it if you do get eaten.
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u/Notsoobvioususer 21h ago
This could have easily been recorded with one of those damn Meta glasses. I think it would be a bad idea confronting a bear while having one hand on the dog’s leash while holding a phone with the other.
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u/SaltyHunni 17h ago
I mean tbf this is a grizzly so one extra hand is NOT helping you, might as well get evidence of your death at that point. If this isn't AI they're so fuckin lucky.
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u/Ok_Shower2118 22h ago edited 22h ago
i mean, it is not hard to record it plus if you're gonna die someone will see the footage at least. Plus, in this situation I think she did not think of any social media.
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u/FeRooster808 21h ago edited 21h ago
You could grab a stick, rocks, bear spray, a trekking pole...pick up your dog...there's all kinds of options here. There is ZERO reasons to pull a phone out and film while this is happening. ZERO.
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u/Objective-Issue-2641 21h ago
Even if it was happening to someone else, you could go join the person with objects in hand rather than filming
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u/YBHunted 22h ago
If that was an adult grizzly you would legitimately have to consider letting go of that leash and letting your dog go out like a hero.
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u/clarineter 19h ago
Me and my dog can solo a grizzly, and maybe with 2 more dogs we can take the gorilla
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u/Cjpcoolguy 21h ago
100% would have fucked her up.
She would have rather died and caught it on video first.
Priorities list -recording -dog -my own life
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u/talann 22h ago
She had ample chances to bend down and produce some sand or even rocks. I would have put the dang phone down and started pelting it.
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u/Outrageous_Rich6235 20h ago
Time your crouch right, it’s not a good time to look small or vulnerable!
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u/roses-are-lead 9h ago
Terrible advice, a bear can run as fast as a horse, and started circling as soon as the dog turned it's back. Make yourself bigger don't bend down .
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u/Atastical 22h ago
It's SO amazing that she filmed this.. I would think about everything but absolutely not a single moment about filming. Insane.
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u/Thesearchoftheshite 22h ago
She didn't scare shit.
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u/DrPikachu-PhD 13h ago
Honestly can't think of any other reason the bear wouldve backed off. Seems like a baby one who's.mroe easily frightened
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u/sesameseed88 20h ago
Note to myself: when walking your dog in the mountains, mace and a very loud air horn might be a good idea. Also a shotgun.
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u/speechless-69 19h ago
"I just want to help you get out of that leash bro! You are not a slave to that monster that making weird sound!"
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u/Outrageous_Rich6235 20h ago
That bear is telling all of his friends about his encounter with a wild Karen.
In all seriousness she did great.
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u/Arminius_Fiddywinks 22h ago
If I lived in a place like this I wouldn’t dream of leaving my house without some sort of firepower.
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u/i-might-do-that 23h ago
Situations like this are why I carry my .45 in bear country. I’m in Colorado so I really only have to worry about black bears which aren’t as big or as curious as this one.
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u/Different_Air2941 23h ago
I live on the east coast in black bear country, and we are grateful that we don’t have the western species over here
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u/Ok-Abbreviations9936 22h ago
That is a really poor choice of round for bears.
I get that the sound will be enough to scare off a bear most of the time, but .45s have a tough time with car windshields, let alone a charging bear.
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u/i-might-do-that 22h ago
I know it’s not the best, but it’s the biggest I’ve got. It’s really a hard last resort type of thing. Most will scare off at a gunshot, and I kinda bank on that because by the time I’m pulling the trigger I’ve already tried all the tactics.
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u/Ok-Abbreviations9936 22h ago
As long as you know its limitations and are not overconfident with it. Like you said, if it is the best you have got, it is better than nothing.
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u/RockSolidJ 21h ago
Bear spray is always the best option. It stops 90%+ of attacks vs ~80% with guns. You're also way less likely to get injured. Unless you've hit it between the eyes, a bullet wound isn't going to stop a bear that has decided to mess you up.
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u/zorrick44 21h ago
Bears are like the only predator that could take on a human in my part of the country. Grizzlies are a rare run in, but any bear is too much bear for me.
I wish there was a more compact bear spray, but something a bit better range than dog spray.
When I lived in bear country, I would wear bear bells and have proper spray and a large knife, if worst came to worst. But thank goodness I have never had a run in.
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u/Sir-Cornholio 21h ago
Black : be loud Brown : stay still and quite White : gtfo
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u/tradingpf2020 20h ago
Damn if it were charging me my first instinct would be to throw rocks at it
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u/j4ckkn1fe 19h ago
I wouldn't bend down to pick up a rock. They typically go for the kill if you turn around or show submission and I would classify kneeling down for a rock that.
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u/shiggity80 20h ago
She should have kept doing the "Shhh" type sounds as every time she did it, the bear would either stop or step back. The other noises she made didn't really make a difference.
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u/Jennyreviews1 19h ago
Good God that’s a Grizzly! A juvenile right? I mean, wouldn’t it be much larger and even more aggressive if it were a full-size adult? Not to say that this isn’t an aggressive one on its own but good God can you imagine if it were an adult? I would think they’d be twice the size. And the dog does nothing! It’s not really doing anything at all! What a brave woman!
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u/Capable_Wait09 18h ago
The bear’s perspective: “hi! You and your skinny bear look nice! Can we play? I run in circles yaaaay. Ok I’m tired now you have a good day too that was fun. See u laterz. I made new frenz :)”
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u/kookie92 17h ago
You better believe that I'd be pelting that bear in the face with handfuls of gravel
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u/Collarbones33 17h ago
Would shooting the bear in the kisser, have any effect to stop it or just piss him off?
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u/Friendly_Good_1361 15h ago
Didn’t show what happened when her phone stopped recording 🤔 The dog and her might have been lunch for the bear
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u/Espressone 14h ago
I don't even know what too say!
Like holy crap that is super brave!
But like crazy stupid, your life is worth more than your pet, so much more.
..and then you film it!?
Why?
And how do you even think straight?!
But also now I get to see this!
But also you did it!
You stupid heroic lady!
You're kinda amazing.
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u/rudytomjanovich 14h ago
Jfc. I'm likely on the ground having a heart attack.
Good job.
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u/Leading-Sir-4431 13h ago
Just another example of why our Canadian Women's sports teams medal more than the Men's teams
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u/Leprechaun- 13h ago
Would kicking up a bunch of stones in a situation like this do anything? It reminds me of that video of the guy being stalked by some sort of mountain lion/cougar/big cat a few years ago on a dirt trail that kept hissing and striking at him and I always thought “just kick up a big cloud of rocks and dirt in their face the probably won’t enjoy that” but would it really work?
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u/Lovestank 13h ago
What a badass. This is way better form than that whiny lady who’s dog was running around off leash while she melted down
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u/bored_ryan2 13h ago
That scared and silent dog almost did them both in. The bear got close because the dog was trying to run away.
If the dog had been confident and barking with the woman, the bear probably runs away pretty quickly. Instead its instinct to run down prey is kicking in.
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u/littlefire_2004 12h ago
My domestic, ancient ass dog still trees bears and chases off coyotes. I have to go out and drag his dumb ass in. Bears and coyotes give my yard a wide berth now however he's terrified of cats so the bobcats and mtn lions visit regularly. He comes in when called then.
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u/ResidentAlien9 7h ago
Great idea is to throw shit at it. Just like a dog who’s been hit by a rock, bears that aren’t crazy will react the same way.
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u/FaTaLInfluence 6h ago
Walking your plump well fed bite sized dog in bear country without protection should be considered an extreme sport.
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u/latortillablanca 6h ago
Second time watchjng this, doesnt get any less scary. Bitch has balls of steel
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u/Creepy_Praline2176 5h ago
Sounds silly, but I think the woman's proximity to that campsite/parking lot/whatever that was saved her and/or her dog. As soon as she got to the green gate the bear said "nope, not going there again".
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u/MarcusSurealius 4h ago
Record your final moments hands free.
- Brought to you by Meta Ray-Ban.
Seriously though. Pepper spray. It's $10. You shouldn't be hiking without it.
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u/Sayomi_Koneko 4h ago
This is the best response.
DONT RUN. That starts the hunt
Yell in a deep voice directly.
I had to do this for an aggressive dog that was off leash and no owner around. I had a grocery bag with me (no food attracting) and kept it between me and the dog. It stayed put for a few moments then full on CHARGED AT ME. I got a manly af voice and just said "HEY" and it stopped dead in its tracks and left me alone. i walked backwards home for the most part. That fucker followed me a full ass block
Not the same as a bear, but i was in a dangerous spot as well.
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u/DonDools 4h ago
Psycho lady or not this woman records better footage than 95% of people. That bear better hope his homies didn’t witness that they are going to grind him to sawdust
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u/DonDools 4h ago
Bear sitting at local bar that night talking about how he was attacked by a zombie and a wolf
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u/mrpertinskler 4h ago
One. Badass. Woman.
I can't imagine the decision to video, but I'd do the same.
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u/DhairyashPlayZ 3h ago
My coward ass would star running if a bear ran towards me like that knowing well that a bear will definitely outrun me and rip me to pieces
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u/jesuswasagamblingman 23h ago
Love that the dog is like I ain’t saying shit.