Body of Hiker Found in YNP - Page 2

Mama Mia · ‎03-10-2010

@SusieQ_2 wrote:
It's amazing what people will do. Once when we were camping near Mammoth Mountain we stayed in a campground. We were told to lock our food up at night because bears were known to come looking for it. I looked out the window of the camper and saw a big bear standing near the bbq which was maybe 10 feet away. Sure enough there was a car with beef jerky in the glove box and an open window. The bear had no trouble getting the jerky and ripping up the car's interior in the process.

Another time we were hiking in Yosemite and some other hikers said they had spotted a bear cub. We left but some other hikers were intent on finding it. We figured mama wouldn't be far away from baby and didn't want to take any chances.

Very smart of you. There are\a lot of problems with food and even out of the park people have to have bear proof garbage bins.

mm

"Cats are like potato chips, you can never have just one".

Mama Mia · ‎03-10-2010

@riley1 wrote:
Such a sad thing to read. When we've hiked, we always had a cow bell on our pack and like one of those air horns. Experienced or not, hiking alone is a no no.

@riley1 wrote:
Such a sad thing to read. When we've hiked, we always had a cow bell on our pack and like one of those air horns. Experienced or not, hiking alone is a no no.

Making a lot of noise really helps. DD is an avid hiker and goes with a group, four or more, they make a lot of noise and she always carries bear spray. Of course where they hike is all grizzly country, all out of the park, to the South. I am relieved when they are home.

mm

"Cats are like potato chips, you can never have just one".

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

I keep warning people............there are plenty of hiking trails in our local communities that are fairly safe/supervised. What bothers me the most are hikers in forests along certain borders. Lots of other things besides wild animals to worry about. RIP, hiker. I'm guessing that they will now try to track the mother bear and her cub. Hopefully they will let the bear remain alive, but I have a feeling..........

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

Seemed like the hiker (he worked there) would be prepared more than a novice hiker. Why didn't he have bear pepper spray, have a knife or armed? sad

Dell1 · ‎03-09-2010

@Mama Mia wrote:
@Q4u wrote:
I am always so sad to hear about things like this, when some precautions might have prevented it.

Our family has gone into these parks for years and years. One of the most horrifying things I've seen are the families that have NO CLUE about these animals. We once saw a man (with a camcorder) pull his young son along to get close to a huge bull Elk. This mammoth beast was standing in a clearing and this man got to about 10 - 15 feet from it~! All to take videos of it and his son!! Thankfully it wasn't rutting season (when they go crazy) but even if this animal walked towards him he would have cleared that in a second or two, and even if the animal just tripped and FELL on either the man or child, it would have been horrible. People were standing around just kind of keeping still and quiet while this idiot did his thing....

We've seen tourists actually follow Buffalo tracks.... coming up behind a Buffalo is NOT a good idea.

Very, very sad to hear about this hiker....
Q4U, thank you. We live about 70 miles from the park, and I just feel it inside when someone gets hurt. Tourists just don't think it apples to them. We've seen some stupid things up there too, mostly involving buffalo, they have had at least two gorings this year, people survived, but were lucky.

mm

Mama Mia, I was born and raised in Wyomingt until I went way to college in 1969. I lived about 90 miles easy of the park. And I read on other news stories they are thinking about putting the bear down. This just angers me so much. The tourist and park visitors are in their territory. When I was little the bears would come out along the roadways and tourists would stop, roll their windows down, and some even get out of their cars. Stupid behavior. And then would get upset when something tragic would happen.

jaxs mom · ‎04-18-2012

Would that be Yosemite or Yellowstone National Park?

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Dell1 · ‎03-09-2010

@JAXS mom wrote:
Would that be Yosemite or Yellowstone National Park?

Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Wishful thinking, but I'm hoping that they leave the bear alone. My guess is that the hiker ran across the cub, was talking to it, and then the mom charged and fatally attacked. Happened with a mountain lion, as I recall, years ago. Jogger ran across a cub, and the mom charged from behind and fatally attacked the female jogger.

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).