Bear Attack: There's Your Problem

One of the Talkeetna Mountain bear victims tells his story, but here's the money quote:

It was so sudden. There was no time to pull out their bear deterrent spray and no one had a gun. {emphasis added}

What were they thinking? Wilderness in the States isn't wilderness in Alaska. As a good friend of mine says, "Alaska will replace 'stupid' with 'dead' quicker than anywhere else."

Word.