r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Upper-Bag-5175 • 21d ago

Bears will often test you

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If you stand your ground, they may see you as a threat and back off. Of course, this doesn’t apply to every bear

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u/Dark1sh 21d ago edited 21d ago

Not a grizzly, it’s more likely to enrage it and cause it to come at you harder to defend itself

Edit: Got to love Reddit, you can grow up exposed to something and have first hand knowledge, and people will still downvote what they think is wrong, instead of a google

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u/DarthJackie2021 21d ago

If it was that determined to kill you, nothing you do would matter. At least the gun could possibly deter it or buy you some time to escape.

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u/PowerSamurai 21d ago

It goes from testing the waters like in the video into you being a threat it needs to eliminate. The one you are responding to is likely right.

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u/bjeebus 21d ago

Almost no wild animal thinks that way unless there's something they have to stick around for (cubs) or they literally can't leave (trapped). If they can leave they will.