I find this story a little suspect. But apparently a Polar Bear in Alaska took out a little kid and his mom before authorities shot him/her. They are obviously a species not to be trifled with and the end result was darkness. People need to use better common sense, RIP to the Polar Bear. :(
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 05:24:08 PM
I find this story a little suspect. But apparently a Polar Bear in Alaska took out a little kid and his mom before authorities shot him/her. They are obviously a species not to be trifled with and the end result was darkness. People need to use better common sense, RIP to the Polar Bear. :(
What a stupid animal
Quote from: Uncle Rico on January 18, 2023, 05:27:38 PM
What a stupid animal
This doesn't happen Uncle R. I believe authorities are withholding critical information and protecting the deceased humans.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 05:24:08 PM
I find this story a little suspect. But apparently a Polar Bear in Alaska took out a little kid and his mom before authorities shot him/her. They are obviously a species not to be trifled with and the end result was darkness. People need to use better common sense, RIP to the Polar Bear. :(
If it's black, fight back.
If it's brown, lie down.
If it's white, say goodnight.
This is for bears.
Probally the bear was hungry.....losing so much pack ice.
Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 18, 2023, 05:35:54 PM
If it's black, fight back.
If it's brown, lie down.
If it's white, say goodnight.
This is for bears.
CNN is reporting that the Polar Bear was chasing down people in some obscure Alaskan town. It sounds like the reporter watched Coacaine Bear or something. This simply isn't plausible even if this was a Stephen King novel.
A fascinating take.
Quote from: tower912 on January 18, 2023, 05:44:44 PM
A fascinating take.
Tower, we're killing too many innocent animals. This is just a reminder.
A reminder of what? Are you saying this is the polar bear's revenge? Then he should be put down. A reminder that we should try to get along with animals? OK. But if he attacked the village, he needs to be put down.
A reminder of where I come from on this. A friend, the father of a classmate of my daughter as well as 3 other children, was killed by a bear while sleeping in a tent.
I do not share your sympathy for bears that attack humans.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2010/07/grizzly_bear_caught_after_kill.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2010/08/funeral_for_kevin_kammer_grand.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2010/07/mother-in-law_of_grand_rapids.html
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 05:45:49 PM
Tower, we're killing too many innocent animals. This is just a reminder.
On top of the bear being an idiot, the people it killed were idiots. They should have had bazookas with them
Polar bears are more aggressive than grizzly bears. What information would authorities be hiding, and for what reason?
Quote from: wadesworld on January 18, 2023, 06:19:00 PM
Polar bears are more aggressive than grizzly bears. What information would authorities be hiding, and for what reason?
They're hiding the fact that polar bears are delicious when their diet consists of human flesh
Why can't we have sensible bear claws & teeth laws? Do the bears really need to have that many teeth?
I know, I know.....they just use them for hunting. Typical right-wing bear B.S.
Quote from: wadesworld on January 18, 2023, 06:19:00 PM
Polar bears are more aggressive than grizzly bears. What information would authorities be hiding, and for what reason?
It's a conspiracy to uh, uh......uh...
All bears should be in zoos, or as pets
Quote from: lawdog77 on January 18, 2023, 06:54:36 PM
All bears should be in zoos, or as pets
Or petting zoos
I'm the only one looking at this rationally. There is less than a .5% chance the Polar Bear ran down two dumbasses because he/she was either hungry or vindictive. The most likely scenario is a human did something stupid and the Polat Bear justifiably got angry.
Polar Bears are serious Apex Predators. This video of one taking down a Walrus is amazing .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v6iDtvGbIOU
Here is the local story on the incident . Seems like other villages in the area have Polar Bear patrols, but Wales didn't
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2023/01/17/polar-bear-fatally-mauls-woman-and-boy-in-northwest-alaska/
Quote from: Herman Cain on January 18, 2023, 07:30:52 PM
Polar Bears are serious Apex Predators. This video of one taking down a Walrus is amazing .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v6iDtvGbIOU
Here is the local story on the incident . Seems like other villages in the area have Polar Bear patrols, but Wales didn't
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2023/01/17/polar-bear-fatally-mauls-woman-and-boy-in-northwest-alaska/
Polar bears are apex idiots
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 07:06:55 PM
I'm the only one looking at this rationally. There is less than a .5% chance the Polar Bear ran down two dumbasses because he/she was either hungry or vindictive. The most likely scenario is a human did something stupid and the Polat Bear justifiably got angry.
There is a 4.3% chance it was a dispute over a parking spot.
Quote from: wadesworld on January 18, 2023, 06:19:00 PM
Polar bears are more aggressive than grizzly bears. What information would authorities be hiding, and for what reason?
Clearly trying to hide the bear's toxicology reports and all the questions on where the bear got those drugs.
Slippery slope.
No 'allegedly' about it.
Quote from: CreightonWarrior on January 18, 2023, 08:12:56 PM
Clearly trying to hide the bear's toxicology reports and all the questions on where the bear got those drugs.
Slippery slope.
Maybe it was a dentist polar bear
Quote from: tower912 on January 18, 2023, 08:15:05 PM
No 'allegedly' about it.
I do not see any evidence Tower.
The eye witness accounts and dead mother and child notwithstanding.
Does this mean Brian Butch won't be announcing any more games?
Quote from: tower912 on January 19, 2023, 05:04:57 AM
The eye witness accounts and dead mother and child notwithstanding.
I didn't mean to upset you but it's beyond unusual for a Polar Bear to chase down humans unless they perceive their cubs are being threatened. They also run in the 25-30 mph range in the snow. I find the story implausible.
Muggsy, it is unusual. Agreed. The bear had chased other villagers and was shot by a villager while it was attacking the two victims.
Quote from: tower912 on January 19, 2023, 07:55:56 AM
Muggsy, it is unusual. Agreed. The bear had chased other villagers and was shot by a villager while it was attacking the two victims.
I guess this did happen in Wales, AK in 1990 according to one article I perused. The town does not have a PBP (Polar Bear Patrol)....although I don't know what that entails.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 19, 2023, 08:00:47 AM
I guess this did happen in Wales, AK in 1990 according to one article I perused. The town does not have a PBP (Polar Bear Patrol)....although I don't know what that entails.
Polar bears should be armed
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 07:06:55 PM
I'm the only one looking at this rationally. There is less than a .5% chance the Polar Bear ran down two dumbasses because he/she was either hungry or vindictive. The most likely scenario is a human did something stupid and the Polat Bear justifiably got angry.
Muggsy, your heart is in the right place, but no, you are not the only one looking at this rationally.
However, bear attacks on humans are, I believe, are triggered primarily by human error- getting close to cubs in order to get a cute photo of them (STUPID!), investigating the remains of a carcass in Denali National Park, oblivious that the bear may be nearby and will protect its dinner, leaving food waste where bears can locate it with their phenomenal sense of smell, etc. On a wilderness trio to Alaska in the 80's, our guide was emphatic about takin precautions. He would rip into anyone violating the rules. I have bear claw marks at the tops of my vehicle's door frames thanks to a stupid neighbor, no doubt, who left food in
his vehicle.
Now how much does the average person know, and, more importantly, is willing to accept regarding bear behavior? You can rail against the ignorance and stupidity, but once a bear attacks, the assumption is that it has lost its fear of confronting humans and is prone to attack again. Yeah, that sounds weird, but they avoid and seem to fear humans, even though they can easily kick our asses. Note that I agree entirely that the fault is usually humans, but are we then to say that the bear should be left alone and given a second chance?
Edit: I believe that polar bears regard humans as prey, unlike all the other bears.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 19, 2023, 08:00:47 AM
I guess this did happen in Wales, AK in 1990 according to one article I perused. The town does not have a PBP (Polar Bear Patrol)....although I don't know what that entails.
My layman's understanding is that polar bears are alone among bears in regarding humans as prey.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 07:06:55 PM
I'm the only one looking at this rationally. There is less than a .5% chance the Polar Bear ran down two dumbasses because he/she was either hungry or vindictive.
Could I see your math on this?
There's a restaurant in Chicago that will occasionally serve bear. They have a style called "berry bear" apparently bears only eat berries during a certain season and it turns their fat blueish and makes the meat super sweet.
Point is, I hope they eat this bear maybe use the pelt. Make a bear broth from the bones.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on January 19, 2023, 08:51:12 AM
There's a restaurant in Chicago that will occasionally serve bear. They have a style called "berry bear" apparently bears only eat berries during a certain season and it turns their fat blueish and makes the meat super sweet.
Point is, I hope they eat this bear maybe use the pelt. Make a bear broth from the bones.
BearHuman pudding from the entrails. Mmmmm.
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on January 19, 2023, 09:10:54 AM
BearHuman pudding from the entrails. Mmmmm.
If it they made black pudding and it was berry season you could call it "Blackbeary pudding"
I'm sympathetic to the plight of polar bears and have long found them to be fascinating in many ways, easily the most interesting of the bear family (childhood love for sun bears not withstanding).
That being said, the few times Ive eaten bear its been absolutely delicious. I'm an unabashed lover of exotic/wild game proteins
Quote from: JWags85 on January 19, 2023, 01:40:18 PM
I'm sympathetic to the plight of polar bears and have long found them to be fascinating in many ways, easily the most interesting of the bear family (childhood love for sun bears not withstanding).
That being said, the few times Ive eaten bear its been absolutely delicious. I'm an unabashed lover of exotic/wild game proteins
So you enjoy animal meat? I guess that makes you a human being.
I'd like to try bear someday just haven't had the opportunity. I do enjoy caribou/reindeer.
Quote from: WhiteTrash on January 19, 2023, 01:59:32 PM
So you enjoy animal meat? I guess that makes you a human being.
I'd like to try bear someday just haven't had the opportunity. I do enjoy caribou/reindeer.
HAR HAR. I haven't met a "different" wild game I havent enjoyed. Meanwhile I'm not a huge fan of non-bacon/pork belly forms of pork or turkey. If I could easily substitute bison, wild boar, and ostrich for beef, pork, and turkey, Id happily never eat the latter again
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 19, 2023, 08:05:08 AM
Muggsy, your heart is in the right place, but no, you are not the only one looking at this rationally.
However, bear attacks on humans are, I believe, are triggered primarily by human error- getting close to cubs in order to get a cute photo of them (STUPID!), investigating the remains of a carcass in Denali National Park, oblivious that the bear may be nearby and will protect its dinner, leaving food waste where bears can locate it with their phenomenal sense of smell, etc. On a wilderness trio to Alaska in the 80's, our guide was emphatic about takin precautions. He would rip into anyone violating the rules. I have bear claw marks at the tops of my vehicle's door frames thanks to a stupid neighbor, no doubt, who left food in his vehicle.
Now how much does the average person know, and, more importantly, is willing to accept regarding bear behavior? You can rail against the ignorance and stupidity, but once a bear attacks, the assumption is that it has lost its fear of confronting humans and is prone to attack again. Yeah, that sounds weird, but they avoid and seem to fear humans, even though they can easily kick our asses. Note that I agree entirely that the fault is usually humans, but are we then to say that the bear should be left alone and given a second chance?
Edit: I believe that polar bears regard humans as prey, unlike all the other bears.
I dunno....I think they may be misunderstood Scoop Snoop. 🐻❄
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In one episode of "Still Standing" with Jonny Harris of Murdock Mysteries, I believe he goes to Churchill Canada and interviews a resident attacked by a polar bear. I believe she was saved be a neighbor that either clubbed the bear or punched it in the face.
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on January 19, 2023, 05:37:48 AM
Does this mean Brian Butch won't be announcing any more games?
I enjoyed this.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 07:06:55 PM
I'm the only one looking at this rationally. There is less than a .5% chance the Polar Bear ran down two dumbasses because he/she was either hungry or vindictive. The most likely scenario is a human did something stupid and the Polat Bear justifiably got angry.
You are a legit crazy person.
Should be forced to watch 7 more bears executed just for having such an insane take.
Quote from: PGsHeroes32 on January 19, 2023, 11:29:01 PM
You are a legit crazy person.
Should be forced to watch 7 more bears executed just for having such an insane take.
Or slaughtered for dinner!
Quote from: PGsHeroes32 on January 19, 2023, 11:29:01 PM
You are a legit crazy person.
Should be forced to watch 7 more bears executed just for having such an insane take.
This is uncalled for PGH.
Had polar bear bacon, two sunny side eggs and whole wheat toast for breakfast today.
Quote from: real chili 83 on January 20, 2023, 07:10:17 AM
Had polar bear bacon, two sunny side eggs and whole wheat toast for breakfast today.
Polar Bear short ribs are the bomb.
Of course, on a polar bear, they really aren't all that short...
Quote from: real chili 83 on January 20, 2023, 07:10:17 AM
Had polar bear bacon, two sunny side eggs and whole wheat toast for breakfast today.
That's a waste of a good polar bear, especially when served with eggs. Something I'd expect to see at the Anchorage Waffle House!
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 18, 2023, 05:30:52 PM
This doesn't happen Uncle R. I believe authorities are withholding critical information and protecting the deceased humans.
I do note that you couldn't spare an "RIP" for the "deceased humans." But they obviously had it coming...so there's that.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 19, 2023, 02:45:41 PM
I dunno....I think they may be misunderstood Scoop Snoop. 🐻❄
Muggs, love your dedication to wildlife. But when there is an attack on humans, whether or not fatal and whether or not triggered by human error- the bear is a threat to humans, having lost its wariness us. Should we humans use our superior brains that we love to brag about to learn how to avoid the encounters? Hell yes! I fully support the concept that we need to learn how to avoid conflict with bears, but should they get a second chance after an attack? I think not, even though it is often due to human error. Tower's friend may have done everything "by the book" but yet lost his life due to another human making a serious mistake.
Yep. Polar bears just should have evolved better.
I thought this thread was going to be about Pete Alonzo.
Quote from: dgies9156 on January 20, 2023, 07:49:40 AM
That's a waste of a good polar bear, especially when served with eggs. Something I'd expect to see at the Anchorage Waffle House!
You gotta be the only person on the planet that does not like eggs.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-nfl-dl-derek-wolfe-163718553.html
Quote from: real chili 83 on January 20, 2023, 11:02:07 AM
You gotta be the only person on the planet that does not like eggs.
I hate eggs
Quote from: Galway Eagle on January 20, 2023, 12:31:47 PM
What about Balut?
I shouldn't have googled that on my lunch break
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 20, 2023, 09:44:14 AM
Muggs, love your dedication to wildlife. But when there is an attack on humans, whether or not fatal and whether or not triggered by human error- the bear is a threat to humans, having lost its wariness us. Should we humans use our superior brains that we love to brag about to learn how to avoid the encounters? Hell yes! I fully support the concept that we need to learn how to avoid conflict with bears, but should they get a second chance after an attack? I think not, even though it is often due to human error. Tower's friend may have done everything "by the book" but yet lost his life due to another human making a serious mistake.
Okay Scoop Snoop. I suppose that's fair.
Quote from: PGsHeroes32 on January 20, 2023, 11:34:15 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-nfl-dl-derek-wolfe-163718553.html
I'm gonna go on a limb and say the woman's two dogs both weighed under 15 lbs
Quote from: CreightonWarrior on January 20, 2023, 01:30:38 PM
I shouldn't have googled that on my lunch break
It's actually quite good. Though I accidentally ate it raw once... that was not.
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on January 20, 2023, 12:40:26 PM
Only Escamoles for me.
Had chupalinas but not those.
Quote from: JWags85 on January 20, 2023, 06:00:18 PM
I'm gonna go on a limb and say the woman's two dogs both weighed under 15 lbs
Ya ....I think he was taking put small dogs.
Quote from: MuggsyB on January 20, 2023, 09:30:55 PM
Ya ....I think he was taking put small dogs.
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