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Originally Posted by Rusty
You ARE on their menu. 
A single black bear normally will scare away. But never turn your back towards them. Brown, grizzly, polar. Forget it, your dinner in most cases. Don't get inbetween a mother bear and her cubs. She will flat out run your azz over like road kill. |
September 2016, hiking in the white mountains, my little group stopped beside a stream looking for a crossing. Wife (gf at the time) comments "that's weird, where did that dog come from?"
Not a dog. Black bear cub right across the stream. "Ok everybody, let's just go ahead and move away nice and slowly, because I bet mama is around somewhere close." Sure enough, a second later she's out there with the cub. We were distant enough that I wasn't too concerned, but close enough to be cautious. Great moment.