A mama bear was mauling a hiker — until she accidentally sprayed herself with bear repellent

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/23/a-mama-bear-was-mauling-a-hiker-until-she-accidentally-sprayed-herself-with-bear-repellent.html

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[west]

Hopefully the bear won’t develop a taste for “spicy hiker”.

[Otherbrother]

@Carla_Sinclair

The grizzly, who might have mistaken the canister for one of the man’s fingers, chomped right into it. And the punctured can paid her back with a healthy squirt of pepper juice.

Lucky break indeed. (Although certainly less lucky than those of us who aren’t mauled by bears.)

Good thing that she didn’t like spicy food.

@west

[Mercenary_Garage]

@Carla_Sinclair

The attack happened even though the victim was carrying bear-repellant spray and made noise to alert bears in the forest

Yeah, the Grisly poop has bells in it and smells like pepper spray…

[Mercenary_Garage]

[RickMycroft]

@Carla_Sinclair

he came across a small bear

The most dangerous animal in the wild.