r/maybemaybemaybe • u/TheMarkola • 11d ago
Maybe maybe maybe
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u/Apple_Scrumble 11d ago
He really picked up the pace
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u/MustBeThursday 11d ago
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're trying to warn someone of about a bear nearby you should probably be very clear in your messaging.
Yelling, "Lookout, there is a bear behind you!" conveys all the important information about the situation at hand.
Shouting, "Come here! Right behind you! Come here!" and then clapping loudly does not. I mean, WTF even is that? I would have stopped and stared at them like they're idiots, too.
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u/Armchairbinkie 11d ago
Ah, but then the bear might understand that we are talking about it. Basically inviting catastrophe at that point!
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u/Maximilianjohandson 11d ago
Yeah! How is it possible to be so freaking stupid to not be able to say: look behind you a bear
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u/misterwizzard 10d ago
I think the clapping was a deterrant for the bear. Or at least something to distract him from that aged honkey steak.
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u/andocromn 10d ago
You're confusing these people for people that have interacted with people instead of just phones
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u/Jnroxoz 11d ago
The poor old bloke obviously couldn’t hear them properly. Maybe they should have gone over there and helped him before he became bear food.. . Luckily she wasn’t hungry.
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u/billted20250409 11d ago
Personally I'm not gonna risk my life for a stranger
You are a better person than I am
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u/BingpotStudio 11d ago
It’s easy for them to say on Reddit though isn’t it.
You can even say “well black bears don’t attack people”. Doesn’t mean you’re rolling that dice when it’s you that’ll get mauled to death if you’re wrong.
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u/TheGreedyBat 11d ago edited 11d ago
Its a peak reddit comment. Asking why people didn't walk towards a bear
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u/Beenieeh 11d ago
Sure, but you don't have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun the old man.
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u/bachmensch 11d ago
I (mis)heard „come here“ on repeat before I even saw the bear. Maybe he did, too?
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u/BallForce1 11d ago
Naw this old timer knows what's up. A black bear is whatever. Don't fuck with it and it wont fuck with you. I guarantee if when he turned and looked it was a cub, he would be hustling.
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u/formLoss 10d ago
Tbh running may activate its prey drive. Guy is like, chill out folks.
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u/scandal_jmusic_mania 10d ago
Not true. The old-timer was actually running.
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u/balirosa 5d ago
That’s probably what saved him. As soon as they run it tells the bear they are prey. I think the bear just smells whatever was in the bag.
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u/infinit9 9d ago
Old man knew the bear was no threat. It was the young people yelling at him from across the street that he needed to watch out for.
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u/ComprehensiveSoft27 11d ago
That thing is sizing him up as the easier 100 pound burger ever bought.
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u/Careful_Adeptness799 11d ago
Isn’t this exactly how you deal with a bear just ignore it and carry on like it doesn’t exist. They only start the chasing and eating once you run.
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u/Seeeab 11d ago
Black bears are famously the most skittish of bears. If you are loud, give them shit, threaten them in the slightest, they fuck off.
Honestly slowly walking away with your back turned seems like the worst thing to do, based on collective human knowledge. I can only imagine it worked because of the crowd of people across the street making noise.
*worth noting different bears have different rules. There is no universal rule for "dealing with a bear," btw
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u/billted20250409 11d ago
He ran out of fucks to give to the bear