I was watching Animal Planet at my buddy's house last night. They had a segment on where they were going to see some Grizzly bears out in the wild. The guide taking the host out into the woods was a older guy and at first I thought he had a birth defect but then in a close up I realized it wasn't.

He ended up telling the story about how he was out studying the grizzlies when he came up over a hill and surprised one. It of course didn't like that and attacked. During the attack it ripped both of this guy's ears off, half of his face and trashed his arm! I was like "holy fuck!"

But the part that made me shake my head in disbelief was when the host of the show was like, "shouldn't we carry rifles?" The guide was like "nah, I'd rather rely on my wits to stay out of trouble instead of depend on a rifle." I remembered thinking, "You poor dumb bastard."

Considering his "wits" didn't do much last time trouble arose, I would think a rifle would be a good backup. Keep in mind, these grizzlies can run faster than most people for long periods of time, stand about 9 feet tall on their hind legs and weigh a shitload. If one of these bastards attacked I'd want something more than cloth as a defense.

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