New bear in the Pyrenees....

[Mark Lee]

Sounds like he is a bit to the southeast of the Frances route, but they do wander quite a bit. I would assume his rival will get him to moving, or move about himself if he loses the scrap.
And before anyone wonders, no I don't think you will need bear repellent on the Camino, ha ha.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bear-ne...champion-ursine-is-getting-a-rival-1459522370

 

[Carol06]

I see this article was written on the 1st April. Is that significant? I don't think the Wall Street Journal would normally be interested in this topic. I really don't want to come across a randy angry bear on our journey.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

When I lived in Lake of the Woods, Ontario there was a favourite story about "green" woodsmen on their first expedition into the forest . . .

Greenhorn goes into equipment store and buys EVERYTHING he can see. He's just about to pay when he sees a little dish of brass bells by the cash desk.
"What are these for?"
"Them? Them's bear bells - you sew a few round the cuffs of your pants and the noise scares the bears away."
"Bears? There are bears in the woods?"
"Oh yeh! We got black bear, we got brown bear and sometimes we got grizzly bear too"
"H-h-how can you tell the difference?"
"Well your black bear is mainly vegetarian, you see scat with bits of berries and nuts in it and that's black bear scat. Your brown bear is more carnivourous, so you'll see bits of fur and bone in it."
"And grizzly? How about grizzly?"
"Oh, grizzly is easy - their scat has little brass bells in it!

 

[dougfitz]

Sounds like he is a bit to the southeast of the Frances route, but they do wander quite a bit. I would assume his rival will get him to moving, or move about himself if he loses the scrap.
And before anyone wonders, no I don't think you will need bear repellent on the Camino, ha ha.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bear-ne...champion-ursine-is-getting-a-rival-1459522370

Thank you for sharing this. I couldn't bear to think that I almost didn't see any good 1 Apr articles this year.

 

[jirit]

I see this article was written on the 1st April. Is that significant? I don't think the Wall Street Journal would normally be interested in this topic. I really don't want to come across a randy angry bear on our journey.

No this is an older story updated by the Washington post

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...rown-bear-pyros-sexual-castration-segregation

 

[Icacos]

If this was an April Fools prank, I suspect @Mark Lee was on to it! Last year I think it was @Al the optimist who was pulling our legs. Or was that the year before? (Did anyone else have a lot of trouble getting to that article ? Kept running into ads...?)

 

[jirit]

No April Fools - the bear has been around since at least 1997 busy doing what comes naturally

 

[Icacos]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

 

[jirit]

If you want to see bears on the Camino you would be better off walking the primitivo or Norte routes

http://www.osodeasturias.es

Wear good boots or better still runners

 

[Mark Lee]

I see this article was written on the 1st April. Is that significant? I don't think the Wall Street Journal would normally be interested in this topic. I really don't want to come across a randy angry bear on our journey.

No joke and them bears be there in the Pyrenees.
One good rule of thumb in bear country is to always be with someone else slower than you are if a bear goes after you.
Besides, there are way more ill tempered wild boar along the Camino than bears.

 

[Mark Lee]

If this was an April Fools prank, I suspect @Mark Lee was on to it! Last year I think it was @Al the optimist who was pulling our legs. Or was that the year before? (Did anyone else have a lot of trouble getting to that article ? Kept running into ads...?)

ha ha...no, the story is legit
you are from bear country, huh?

 

[Mark Lee]

Here's a story about big boy from a couple of years ago. Apparently he's been around awhile, the old warrior.
http://www.theguardian.com/environm...rown-bear-pyros-sexual-castration-segregation