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I wouldn't call that unreasonable, but it's not physically possible for a tent to even slow a bear down if it wants to get in. In my town, bears have gotten in
by nate_meurer 5y ago
I wouldn't call that unreasonable, but it's not physically possible for a tent to even slow a bear down if it wants to get in. In my town, bears have gotten into houses and garages by tearing the front doors off their hinges, and by tearing through a house's siding and sheathing.
I recommend car camping in bear country.
- rascul 5y agoBears can potentially open car doors. https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/have-you-seen/2021/05/04/black-bears-open-parked-car-door-and-explore-whats-inside/4937852001/ https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/have-you-seen/2021/05/0...
- swader999 5y agoThey also go through open windows. Saw an interior get totaled all because some m&m's were left on the dash.
- nate_meurer 5y agoThe bear that tours our neighborhood opens car doors. If the car is locked he'll damage the handle, but if the car doesn't have food in it he won't damage the interior, so we leave our cars unlocked and make sure they're clean. I don't have a garage, otherwise I'd use that. A couple years ago he broke into a neighbor's RV and tore the kitchen to pieces. IIRC the RV was totalled.
- bombcar 5y agoIf people are interested look up bear proof trash cans - they’re basically tanks. Anything less doesn’t slow down a bear.
- swader999 5y agoYeah but how do you get out of those once you jump in?
- JasonFruit 5y agoI'm not worrying about that until the bear is gone.
- swader999 5y agoHow do you know it's gone?
- elzbardico 5y agowhen it stops hurting
- bombcar 5y agoThey’re everywhere. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZfDarADYH0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZfDarADYH0
- nate_meurer 5y agoWe have bear-proof Toters. They're really nice, but they're kind of a pain for the trash collectors; the mechanism to open them is fiddly and impossible to use with gloves, and because they latch, the truck's robot arm can't empty them unless the guys dismount the truck and open them first. You would probably be safe hiding inside one of them. Toter's website has videos of testing they did with a brown bear (possibly a grizzly). He fucks it up pretty good but doesn't manage to open it.