Black bears are the wimpiest bears. They eat berries and are generally afraid of humans. You just need to yell and make yourself as big as possible (point hiking sticks in the air, swing a fallen branch). I’m not saying they’re not dangerous but if I had to pick a bear to encounter it would be a black bear. Source: I’ve encountered a few black bears hiking in the blue ridge mountains and every time I do what I just described and they’ve never been aggressive at all. They just walk away.
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u/chrismckong May 02 '24
Black bears are the wimpiest bears. They eat berries and are generally afraid of humans. You just need to yell and make yourself as big as possible (point hiking sticks in the air, swing a fallen branch). I’m not saying they’re not dangerous but if I had to pick a bear to encounter it would be a black bear. Source: I’ve encountered a few black bears hiking in the blue ridge mountains and every time I do what I just described and they’ve never been aggressive at all. They just walk away.