Man in Bear Suit scares away a Black Bear

[Melensdad]

Well I guess that is one way to get a bear out of your yard.

But black bears are typically pretty easy to scare away. Not sure a Brown or Grizzly would have reacted in a similar way; one of those might have taken it as a challenge. Still, given the outcome, it a fun story and a fun video. As this is North Carolina, no chance it would have been a Grizzly or Brown bear.

Full story at the link below:

Man In Bear Suit Scares Off Black Bear; He’s Lucky It Wasn’t A Wyoming Grizzly

A North Carolina man uses a bear suit to scare black bears off his lawn. Some Wyomingites said trying that with a grizzly would be insane. They could maul…

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Man In Bear Suit Scares Off Black Bear; He’s Lucky It Wasn’t A Wyoming Grizzly​

A North Carolina man uses a bear suit to scare black bears off his lawn. Some Wyomingites said trying that with a grizzly would be insane. They could maul you, or worse, try to get frisky.​

Mark Heinz​

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A North Carolina man uses a bear suit black bears off his lawn. Some Wyomingites said trying that with a grizzly would be insane. They could maul you, or worse, try to get frisky. (Rodney Clark)​

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A North Carolina man took a creative and goofy approach to bear deterrence —stepping out of his house in a bear suit to spook away a black bear that had plunked down on his lawn.​

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It worked for Rodney Clark of Asheville, North Carolina, as evidenced by media interviews and a video making the rounds on news outlets and social media. ​

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However, some Wyomingites said trying that tactic on a grizzly bear would probably get a person mauled, possibly killed — or perhaps even worse — molested by the bear.​

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Eastern Bears Bigger, But More Mellow​

The Eastern U.S. has plentiful black bears. Because they eat so well, they can be huge, sometimes even bigger than Western grizzlies. ​

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However, their relatively easy living has also left them docile, at least compared to bears in Wyoming.​

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That appears to be the case of the bear in the video, which is chilling on a lawn as the man steps out in a bear suit, which looks like it could be a sports team mascot costume.​

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As the man in the suit approaches the actual bear, the animal looks perplexed for a moment, before jumping up and running for a short distance.​

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In a second encounter caught on video, the bear suit proves to be too much, as the bear pauses near a wooden fence and looks back for a moment. Then it scrambles under the fence’s lower rail and scampers away. . . . ​

 

[Don Coyote]

A recent poll shows that the majority of Women, when asked whom they would rather encounter in the woods: a Man or a Bear..... chose the Bear.

......... I wonder if this guy shows up for dates in this bear suit?

 

[m1west]

No fair he is wearing a grizzley bear costume.

 

[bczoom]

Balls. There must be big ones in that costume. If I'm facing a bear in a costume, I want plate armor.

 

[Don Coyote]

Bears are so cliche .....................

 

[Kevlar]

Lucky it’s not mating season, could have gone downhill fast!

 

[Don Coyote]

I had to add some glue to King Shark's foot. I stood him up on the front porch so the weight of his body would compress the joint that I had glued. (He will stand on his own).

My Wife literally pee'd herself when she came into the living room and saw that.

 

[Melensdad]

No bear suit for me in my close encounter with a black bear.

I was actually asleep inside a tent on the Appellation Trail. Bear literally was standing on the tent, didn't tear it. But the tent poles were destroyed. I woke up and poked my head out of the tent door to watch it walk away.

 

[Melensdad]

And then there is this?

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I was standing at the end of the driveway half asleep with my lunchbox in hand at 6am waiting for a ride to work when I turned around and there was a bear between me and the house. I instantly dropped my lunchbox threw my arms in the air and started screaming as I charged towards it. It ran away.