Are you certain of that? I've read quite consistently that
the black bear is really very slow to attack a human, even
when it has cubs. Attacks are extremely rare.

We have black bears in southern New Hampshire. Perhaps one sighting a
year in this college town. To the best of my knowledge, no one has
ever been attacked by a bear in the past century.

Of course, if you go kidnapping bear cubs ...


Yes black bears are not aggressive animals, usually when there has been a bear
attack, its been not because of a bear problem, but a problem with humans
leaving out food or being in close proximity to a bear and her cub.

Many times I have encountered black bears, and have chased them out of
campsites. Unless they have been habituated to the point where they equate
humans and food nearby (not eating humans, but eating human food), they will
typically run away when they encounter someone.

On that note, the only time I have been charged by a black bear, was when I
encounted a black bear and her cub. The cub was curious and wanted to check me
out, while the mom was not too big on that idea, and tried to chase me away.

In order to add military aviation content, there was B-24 wreckage on a nearby
mountain...


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)
Silver City Tanker Base