>>1087688Throughout history bears are depicted as being fierce animals to be feared and respected worldwide, from cave paintings in France that are thousands of years old to modern native american customs.
The only way modern people on this board can say that bears are pussies and will run off at the sight of a person is because they were hunted to close to extinction over the course of man in north america, to the point that the only bears that lived were the ones that either were timid and ran, or learned to fear humans from repeated encounters, and if people stopped hunting and killing bears, they would grow in number, grow larger, expand hunting ranges become more aggressive when they learn that people will not in fact shoot them on sight anymore.
Bears are an Apex predator and have zero natural predators aside from humans, one bear running off that has the capacity to literally tear a human apart is evidence that being scared of bears, and making them scared by hunting them is working.
Op, carry a bear can, and check with your local rangers to see if bears are around.
Or if you are up to it and local law allows, be responsible for your own safety and try pic related. That way you can go wherever.