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>>>yeap, I thought it was funny, after the fact that he and the bear survived, when it was in the paper here. That is 20 - 30 miles from my workplace. >:)
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>>I've see a few bears and come into to close of contact with 3 of them. I've also known people who have had them in their yards, but I've never known anyone who ran one over with their bike! :0) Will they outlaw bikes now since it can be used as a weapon in order to protect the bears? :o)
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>Sounds to me like the biker ought to be restricted to walking if he's unable to avoid a bear on the road.
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>Good thing there wasn't a child waiting on a schoolbus on that hill.

he came up over a rise and found the bear 10 feet from there. I believe that he was on a low ride recumbent bike (that is what the picture looks like), which does not give much view over a rise. But, I was not there, so I can not say for sure. The article stated that he aimed for the center of the bear, thinking (I think) that the bear would continue across the road and he would miss it.

In that area, school bus picks up children from home, or parents take them to school. I will have to ask someone that lives out there for sure on that.