29 July
2016
Nikispeak – How to encounter a bear
Last afternoon, as we were driving around the Mendenhall area, I overheard the two girls sitting in the backseat discussing what to do if we came up on a bear…
Tasha: “You slowly back out”
Niki: “What if the bear is too near?”
Tasha: “Then you run”
Niki: “What if the bear can outrun you?”
Tasha: “Then you lay down and just act dead?” [I think she remembered a story of a person who did the same and the bear, convinced that he was dead, walked away]
Niki, was completely unimpressed with the tactic of simply laying down in front of the bear and then acting dead.
“That is silly”, she said. “The bear is going to be – Wow! FREE MEAT!!” 🙂
Did you tell them the one about “I don’t have to outrun the bear – I just have to outrun you?” 🙂
She is so funny!
So Sweet ! very Cute Conversation Tasha & Niki (Y)
Pretty straight forward as an Alaskan: if you are related I shoot the bear if not I shoot you in the leg and run away. 🙁
Lol