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The first time you have a bear act like this? Your house of cards will fall. And then the stark reality that yer gonna dance with the devil comes into full view. Just like the school yard bully that encounters someone meaner and tougher fer the first time. Its an education. The situation you should be planning for with each encounter isn’t if the bear will run..... but what if it doesn’t? A beacon will be helpful to authorities looking fer yer body. And bear spray is helpful if the wind is right and the surrounding foliage doesn’t get in the way. A large bore handgun by comparison is like having the starship enterprise in yer pocket. If you practice, practice, practice? Your gonna come out on top 99.9999% of the time. Guns are mechanical objects and they can fail. Cold steel is an option. They are always loaded. And they typically do not fail. It served the forester well. But you have to be close to be effective.... too close. Close enough fer teeth, hooves and claws to do damage back. I will take the pistol.

Every time I've encountered black bear in the wild they've bolted away. And I've stupidly followed a large sow and cubs raiding feeders in my front yard out into the woods on 2 occasions, because I'm a slow learner. They are not harmless by any means, be careful out there. https://www.outsideonline.com/2399171/alex-woods-black-bear-attack

What happens to the first person that discovers a problem animal? Black bears harmless? I beg to differ

^^^ QFT If I was to speculate I would say the high profile people would be the most at risk for subversion. Could be that being more in the public eye may be seen as a safety net of sorts but IMHO too many eyes are on people like Dr. Meldrum and Dr. Disotell and other high profile researchers- especially if something critical had been discovered.

He's on my list but so are a handful of others. I think we have to have MANY people separately, and in isolation, review the physical evidence, do the DNA work etc. If there is a conspiracy, we cannot rely on any one source to give us accurate feedback. If any are being subverted, all can be, so we have to assume at least some are, get various / independent results, and then see which ones track and which ones do not. Of course, it is possibly possible (?) that all labs capable of doing the work are compromised. If that's the case, it can't be solved.

I didn't see that mentioned anywhere. Maybe the Russians paid for it. It wasn't just Meldrum. They brought other people over in addition to Bindernagel and Morehead. Maybe it was one of those "send us your receipts and we'll reimburse you" trips.

Hi, ShadowBorn! Not sure what you are suggesting. I don't understand how "woo" fits in with barks. Yes, we heard over a dozen "barks" from three directions. Yes, we found prints up there with a 42" stride. But how this fits in with the metaphysical, I don't follow. I am a flesh and blood kind of guy for the most part, at least when it comes to Bigfootery. An "agnostic" when it comes to woo. Not an "atheist" though. That said, I am also open minded enough to try something else. What did you have in mind? we're headed back up there this weekend to go check out the possible "caves" that seem to be indicated on Google Earth. They may be too hard to get to, I don't know. But that is one of the three directions that we heard the sounds coming from. We also want to see if there are any new prints up there that can be cast, as it sounds like one of those "barks" was getting closer to us before we had to boogie.

I caught this video this morning and was overwhelmed with the similarity of the story with sasquatchery. First, this is a classic industrial Hollywood environmental docu-drama. The last words of the show tell it all: "Will we discover the truth about them before it's too late?" Same old, same old. Second, and like usual, the industrial science guys were the last folks to get in on the act, despite the action taking place right under their noses, then when they did get involved, they spent BIG money (of course, we weren't told where they got that money, Mr. Taxpayer) to figure out that their front yard is a shark nursery. Thirdly, the first folks to know were private adventure divers who enjoyed their experiences quietly. Think "habbers". Fourthly, It was only when a single fisherman (among many fishing on the dock essentially in front of the scientists offices at the Seattle Aquarium) figured out that these things were there and how to catch them, and the divers raised Cain about this guy killing sharks, that the Science Guys got involved. Then the scientists (trying to figure out what was going on) used the fisherman's tactics (bait) to lure the sharks right up to their viewing windows where they then sold admission for folks to see them, just like a carnival operator. Fifthly, when the sharks disappeared, the Science Guys close out their show with their expected lines of mystery (justifying their everlasting plea for more study money), and their fears of mean, old fishermen killing them all off before they can study them to death (implying that the guy on the dock is as dangerous as Asian fin hunters killing sharks by the millions on the high seas). Kinda' makes me want to shoot a sasquatch as close to downtown Seattle as possible instead of southeast Alaska...........

Kiwakwe, virtually no aftermarket for the outlander here in N. America. I had to source the lift kit from Russia. No skid plates made for it that I know of, so you'd have to go to a fabricator for custom items. The Mitsubishi would never be my go to for an adventure vehicle, but I bought mine for the very cheap to run hybrid driveline, as I use it in my courier contract business. I can't afford a separate vehicle for outings, so I chose to make the Mitsu as capable as possible, and avoid the really gnarly trails. With an electric motor on both front and rear axles, it is very capable on the often very steep logging roads here in BC. No transfer case to worry about, and exceptional low speed torque for slow crawling. For downhill, the adjustable regen braking works well, though not as well as low range in a 2 speed transfer case, and has the added bonus of generating power for the drive battery as you descend. On the outbound leg of the trip I took the other day, I generated 12 km worth of drive energy while descending a 10 km hill. Here's a shot of the descent anlge near the bottom of the valley: