
Originally Posted by
aMARIKanIshtar
You actually can’t run from bears. They can reach speeds up to 30 mph. If anything, you need to make as much noise and make yourself look as big as possible. They have bad eye sight, and if they think you’re a stronger beast than it, it’ll run away. If a bear does happen to charge at you, stand your ground. Nine times out of ten the bear will play chicken with you and veer off to the side. If it does start attacking, then you just need to roll up into a ball and prey he only bats you around a little.