Timeline for How can the attitude that one is a guest in black bear country prevent hassles with bears?

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Mar 26, 2016 at 4:52	comment	added	user2169		Cool, sounds like a memorable experience!
Mar 25, 2016 at 23:40	comment	added	ab2		I said "not necessarily specific to this example, but is a guideline to your behavior in a range of situations". I am fishing for something along the lines of "stay calm". There are times (not many) when you will find yourself closer to a bear than you really want to be. In this particular case, we talked quietly and calmly until the bear got bored and wandered off.
Mar 25, 2016 at 23:35	history	edited	user2169	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 196 characters in body
Mar 25, 2016 at 23:34	comment	added	user2169		@ab2: Your question asks for general guides to behavior. Your comment asks about how to deal with a certain very specific situation, which doesn't seem to me to be something that relates to answering your question. However, the situation you describe is one where you put your canister too close to your sleeping site, so I'll edit the question to explain that. (Assuming I'd been sloppy and stored my canister that close to where I was sleeping, and a bear showed up, I think my reaction would probably be to pick up my pad and sleeping bag and move them farther away so I could sleep.)
Mar 25, 2016 at 22:12	comment	added	ab2		Thanks for recognizing the bullet aspect of the Q, and for a good elaboration of the bullet. Would you be willing to write a second bullet? You are awakened by a slight clunk. A bear has overturned your canisters and is sitting maybe 20 feet away, looking at you. (Happened to us two years ago.) What do you do? Can you write a second bullet which is not necessarily specific to this example but is a guideline to your behavior in a range of situations?
Mar 25, 2016 at 21:48	history	answered	user2169	CC BY-SA 3.0