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What happens when a bear gets between a Vancouver Island man and his clothes

Comox Valley incident a reminder there are bears out there and you should minimize interactions
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Conservation officers had no choice but to put down this habituated bear that wound up in a backyard of a Courtenay home. File photo

Comox Valley resident Terry Walker had an untimely encounter with a bear when he went for a swim on a hot day early September in the Tsable River near Fanny Bay.

The river was more like a creek, which he easily crossed to find a swimming hole. There was no one around, so he decided to remove his clothing. While standing on a rock and looking down river, a full-grown black bear walked out of the forest onto the river bed. The bear was looking around, sniffing the air.

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香蕉视频直播淭he fact that I was nude added to the stress of the moment,香蕉视频直播 he added with a laugh. 香蕉视频直播淚 waited until he looked away, then I scampered back to where my backpack and clothes were. I must have set a record for getting dressed quickly.香蕉视频直播

Remembering that bears don香蕉视频直播檛 like noise, he started to shout, and hit rocks with sticks until the animal disappeared.

Walker wishes to warn the public that the chance of interactions are high because bears are 香蕉视频直播渃oming down lower than normal.香蕉视频直播 He said the Tsable River by the Old Island Highway is teeming with salmon that have nowhere to go.

香蕉视频直播淭he rivers are low, so the fish are either holding offshore, or they香蕉视频直播檙e in the lower reaches concentrated, which means competition (among bears),香蕉视频直播 said conservation officer Mike Newton, sergeant for the North Island Zone (Black Creek). 香蕉视频直播淪ub-dominant bears will be pushed out of feed zones, and looking for food. There will be some that can eke out a feed out of some of those concentrated pools of salmon, and others will be pushed out.香蕉视频直播

While we can香蕉视频直播檛 control Mother Nature, the B.C. Conservation Service reminds residents they can control certain things at home that might attract bears to their properties.

香蕉视频直播淥ur constant messaging is to cast a very critical eye to your own property and that of your neighbours,香蕉视频直播 Newton said. 香蕉视频直播淚t香蕉视频直播檚 a community effort, and make sure there are no attractants out at any time.香蕉视频直播

Bear attractants include garbage, ripened fruit, barbecues and bird feeders. Newton implores residents who spot people dragging garbage to the curb the night before pickup to remind neighbours not to do so because the upsetting end result could be a bear that香蕉视频直播檚 put down because it had become habituated.

香蕉视频直播淭hat香蕉视频直播檚 one of our greatest frustrations is to see that cycle continue,香蕉视频直播 Newton said. 香蕉视频直播淚t has to be a community effort and responsibility.香蕉视频直播

The public is urged to call Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) at 1-877-952-7277, or bylaw control with any concerns about wild animal interactions.

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File photo of a bear at the Quinsam River Hatchery in Campbell River.




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