What Do You Do If You Find a Bear In Your Car??

[waynesan]

I didn't find this video through a search, so I hope its not a repost.

Amazing video of a Bear tearing up a car in the Clingman's Dome parking lot in the Smoky Mountains.

This appears to be a fairly large bear but look at how close some of the tourists get to it to take a picture.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Clean your car and don't leave the windows cracked.

And I love how the people just stand around and watch. No horn honking or anything, just watch the bear and get a good shot. Morons.

[Smith]

I think I'd get just close enough to get a good "shot";)

[-boatman-]

You would think someone would have tried to scare it away just to keep someones car from being torn up but it seems like they all enjoyed the show. If I came back to my car and saw that going on I would be some kind of mad.

Would it be legal to shoot a bear to protect property?

[Guest db99wj]

I'd give him the keys.

[Guest billwilly73]

I don't think I heard any "local" folk talking on that video

I've been close (not by choice) to a black bear in the Smokies while going around the loop in Cades Cove.

Several members of the family were in a pick-up truck, I think there were four or five of us in the back sittin on the tailgate and wheel well thingys.

All of a sudden several people on bicycles come by bustin ass going the wrong way. One man hit the ditch, went head first over the handle bars, somehow done a tuck and roll type of thing and landed back on his feet, left the bike laying and he kept running. By this time we are all thinking WTF is going on?

A few min goes by annd then we see the bear walking down the road like he/she owned the place, and as far as I was concerned, it did. When it got to the truck I think we bout our pants. We were all on top of the cab by now and the bear decided to put its front paws on the tailgate to get a better look. Then it just got down and went off in the woods. I wish I would have had a camera with me but even if I did I probably would have been unable to use it.

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

You take him wherever he wants to go.

[Guest m&pc9]

I would tell him to get out or I will call 911.

[Guest tnmale46]

gotta be a big mac in here somewhere boo boo

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

Clean your car and don't leave the windows cracked.

And I love how the people just stand around and watch. No horn honking or anything, just watch the bear and get a good shot. Morons.

Go easy on them there suntzu, if they had alerted the bear I wouldn't have this priceless free entertainment to watch.

[Garufa]

I don't think I heard any "local" folk talking on that video.

Of course not, they're all from Ohio, Illinois or Ontario.

Personally, I would be honored if if big-ass bear busted the window out of my car. Man, you could use that story for years.

[Guest H0TSH0T]

i think i would have a very nice rug and a hell of a story about how i got it.

[Good_Steward]

Of course not, they're all from Ohio, Illinois or Ontario.

Personally, I would be honored if if big-ass bear busted the window out of my car. Man, you could use that story for years.

Got that right. That's the last story told, too. Who's gonna top "I was carjacked by a black bear." ?

[Mike.357]

kind of funny this thread is here now.

We just got back from a week in the mtns and Gatlinburg. We stayed in a cabin up in Roaring Fork. This vacation was nicknamed "bears gone wild"

we had bears in the driveaway daily, crawling around the front porch and standing right at the front door stairing at us. We encountered bears up in Roaring Fork while we did the auto tour, and darn near got attacked by a mama bear with two cubs while we had lunch in Greenbrier. The Greenbrier experience was fairly scary. The bear was determined to get to our table we were the only ones in that picnic area. She got about 15 feet away and was not stopping. I hit the car alarm on the remote and started jumping up and down while screaming like a little girl. She turned tail and took off into the woods. If the alarm had not worked we would have had a real problem.

And honestly while I had a .45 stored legally in the vehicle I never once thought of trying to get it and I was not in imminent fear of my life. I think you would be opening a huge can of trouble if you shot a bear in the park, oof. There are better ways of moving a bear out of the way and shooting them is not on my list. Get caught brandishing a loaded pistol up there and there will be lots of 'splaining to do.

Word to the wise, let the bear do what it will short of maiming someone, scream and yell a lot and keep the darn food out of sight. They know what grocery store food looks like. Never turn your back and run, that makes you part of the luncheon buffet.

Lottsa fun though.

Edited September 19, 2009 by Mike.357

[strickj]

"What Do You Do If You Find a Bear In Your Car??"

I'd wonder who parked my car infront of the gay bar!

[Chucktshoes]

"What Do You Do If You Find a Bear In Your Car??"

I'd wonder who parked my car infront of the gay bar!

Yeah, because don't you normally have it parked around back?

[strickj]

Parking in rear at a gay bar....theres a joke in there somewhere

[Mark@Sea]

Sounds like a fun vacation, Mike, but I'm shocked you weren't attacked by chipmunks...

[raydog1]

I've always imagined what I'd do if I came face-to-face with a bear, but I can never get past the part where I poop myself & pass out. I'm sure I've read somewhere that those are valid defense mechanisms.

[Chucktshoes]

Parking in rear at a gay bar....theres a joke in there somewhere

[BrasilNuts]

Ah the noble black bear.... natures can opener.

[Guest mustangdave]

the obvious answer is....LET THE BEAR DRIVE...he's working on his circus act

[VolunteerGuns]

Hopefully i'd be well protected, i've ordered the new "Drunk Trailer Trash + 500 Magnum".

(8-10 week processing period)

[Guest proudsuthrner]

i wonder how it would have turned out if the bear started to chase everyone

[Guest db99wj]

I would ask if he or she believes in the right to bear arms.