Unsuccessful attempt at Darwin Award

[Bob Moulder]

http://abc7ny.com/news/boy-scout-leader-wanted-to-show-scouts-cave-never-encountered-bear-before/1129918/

Nice try. Robbed of a win by his intrepid Scouts, however.

Okay, okay. Preemptive admission that that’s pretty mean and insensitive, but seriously, would you have done something like this? Probably not.

[Jerry Adams]

I heard about that.  A few more details, thanks.

I’m not sure that exploring a cave deserves a Darwin award : )

I bet that poor bear has been killed.

That is inconsistent with my theory that you don’t need to worry about black bears in the U.S., but I guess it was cornered inside a cave which is pretty unique.  They mentioned another black bear attack recently in New Jersey.

[Joshua L]

Wow.  I like how the kids first thoughts were 1) let’s offer it our GORP and 2)  Let’s light something on fire!

This is in my neck of the woods.  I don’t know the cave, but I spook easily and just assume anywhere that looks comfy has a bear in it, especially in December.

There are a LOT of black bears in NJ, and a lot of people who don’t think things through when outdoors.

[George F]

[Bob Moulder]

Obviously Larson was sitting around and waiting for this to happen. :^)

 

[Bob Moulder]

>>That is inconsistent with my theory that you don’t need to worry about black bears in the U.S., but I guess it was cornered inside a cave which is pretty unique.  They mentioned another black bear attack recently in New Jersey.

Well I didn’t see a single black bear this year, but I’ve never seen more bear poop on the trail. In the prime “huckleberry terraces” in Harriman there was fresh scat about every 50 feet.

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