Man or Bear? Team bear over here, especially if they're as adorable as these bears caught on the Fairview Critter Cams!

[chenille]

Plus, how many of the reported bear attacks were actually just a man in a costume?

[Otherbrother]

Could the success of that novel be what inspired the Forest Service to update Smokey’s look?

[Brainspore]

Hard to say, but probably more than the number of reported man attacks that turned out to be a bear in a costume.

[chenille]

Only you
can make this world seem right

[Brainspore]

Turns out he got the nickname from his habit of enjoying a post-coital cigarette.

[Melizmatic]

Found randomly on the net while looking for something else;

[Mangochin]

[RickMycroft]

Bearsplaing never happens.

[blackeye]

@awfulhorrid

in case you didn’t know

I figured as much and is something my daughters say and I find it incredibly depressing. Also the eyes cast down you’re not there look. If that keeps folks safe, great. I still think the powerful head nod or something similar would be a good thing. Personal experience is that headphone wearing hikers/runners are oblivious and easily startled.

@Brainspore

I’d wager that

I wasn’t really talking about bears. It turns out men are far more dangerous. Personal experience is I have startled far more headphone wearing hikers/runners than bears. I hate being the startler, hence my position on headphones.