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Originally Posted by soundman98
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I've had four personal encounters with black bears, and that article is accurate. Two of the enounters were in a remote area of Quebec, one was in the Adirondaks, and one was in Letchworth park in midwestern NY state. The two in Quebec were a little unnerving. Once a black bear cub wandered into an open area where an RV was parked (Quebec), the owner of the RV approached the cub to scare it away from his RV, and then Momma bear showed up out of the woods. RV man backed away immediately, Momma retrieved her cub, and no one was harmed. On another trip up there, a black bear clawed away a corner of our tent while were sleeping, possibly smelling the remnants of cooked food on our clothes.. who knows. There wasn't any food in the tent. We stayed still, and it left after a few minutes. THAT was a little scary.
The two in NY were more sightings than encounters.
No campers were harmed.