Interesting Alaska Town
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Well not sure about bears they usually stay on hillside in Anchorage but it's a common sight to see Moose both bulls and cows with their calves walking down the street. One winter I went out to the parking lot to clear some snow and as I walked round the corner I see about 2000ilb of startled bull with a full rack. He had settled down in a dip in the snow for a kip. He looked at me, I looked at him and I softly said "it's okay you stay there I'll leave this spot for you" he gave a low snort and put his head down and went back to sleep I backed away and decided to clear the snow from somewhere else.
Alaskans are used to sharing their towns (and parking lots
) with wildlife and they're also fiercely protective of it.
Alaskans are used to sharing their towns (and parking lots
) with wildlife and they're also fiercely protective of it.That is not real. I worked in Valdez a couple times and black bears are a real pest (the picture is not a black bear). We always lived out at Allison point - which was free back then. Right off the campers is the beach which is infested with salmon during their runs. I once caught 6 pink salmon in 7 casts - one flipped off the hook as I landed it - so the extra cast - 6 was the daily limit. Lots of eagles, lots of sea otters, off the Nautilus docks where the ground up salmon heads and guts were discharged from the processor.
I would wade fish by the terminal in a shallow bay; casting a weighted treble hook to snag salmon at night and huge seals would shoot by me like submarines - then when they caught a salmon they would rear up and beat it to death against the water in a huge splashing event. Sometimes right by you - and in the dark you would imagine the seal grabbing your leg by mistake and beating you to death against the water.
I would wade fish by the terminal in a shallow bay; casting a weighted treble hook to snag salmon at night and huge seals would shoot by me like submarines - then when they caught a salmon they would rear up and beat it to death against the water in a huge splashing event. Sometimes right by you - and in the dark you would imagine the seal grabbing your leg by mistake and beating you to death against the water.
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I'm guessing the latter.
Well not sure about bears they usually stay on hillside in Anchorage but it's a common sight to see Moose both bulls and cows with their calves walking down the street. One winter I went out to the parking lot to clear some snow and as I walked round the corner I see about 2000ilb of startled bull with a full rack. He had settled down in a dip in the snow for a kip. He looked at me, I looked at him and I softly said "it's okay you stay there I'll leave this spot for you" he gave a low snort and put his head down and went back to sleep I backed away and decided to clear the snow from somewhere else.
Alaskans are used to sharing their towns (and parking lots
This sounds more realistic though. Especially the bit about moose in the street.
I share my front doorstep with the deer ( I see their tracks in the snow).
4-6 deer live in my end of the village, couple of other groups S of me around the hospital and beyond.
Some cougar come into town but have no stories about grizz or blacks in my village.
The dang deer are habituated to people. So they make easy kills for the cougars.
This is a pi$$-off for the locals with small children walking to school as it is still DARK
in Dec/Jan for morning school times.
Fortunately there are some Dads that are fully capable of doing the "regulating" when the time comes.
The law says there's no discharge of firearms in the village. You got 6-10 yr old kids walking to school?
The law will be bent and the triggers will enjoy the respect of us all.
Just remember this forever: a grizz can sprint at 35mph and bring down a galloping horse.
4-6 deer live in my end of the village, couple of other groups S of me around the hospital and beyond.
Some cougar come into town but have no stories about grizz or blacks in my village.
The dang deer are habituated to people. So they make easy kills for the cougars.
This is a pi$$-off for the locals with small children walking to school as it is still DARK
in Dec/Jan for morning school times.
Fortunately there are some Dads that are fully capable of doing the "regulating" when the time comes.
The law says there's no discharge of firearms in the village. You got 6-10 yr old kids walking to school?
The law will be bent and the triggers will enjoy the respect of us all.
Just remember this forever: a grizz can sprint at 35mph and bring down a galloping horse.
We get black bear in the suburbs here. They're addicted to the garbage cans and pet food bins. I remember at least once in the last few years when a nearby school went into lockdown until it moved on (often they'll just climb a tree and wait for nightfall before they move on) One woman was mauled in her driveway in Destin within the past year but that's rare here.
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I think it depends if there is a culture of understanding,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02trsmt
Although males are apparently more problematic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02trsmt
Although males are apparently more problematic
Kinda strange how the bear doesn't leave proper shadows and the photo shows the bear looking wet - there is spray coming off it. How come no wet footprints in the road either?
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Sorry to go off topic, but could I impose on anyone whose lived in Alaska near the Chugach Mountain range to drop me a PM?
It's a question I'd rather take off public board. Nothing sinister
It's a question I'd rather take off public board. Nothing sinister
does look a bit odd, although the sun is very low.
What is odder is the watermark says 'douglindstrand', I found his website and that pic isn't there http://douglindstrand.com/artists-work/photographic-prints/
google search brings up this facebook page back in 2012, from the comments sounds like it may well be real https://www.facebook.com/inletkeepe...oe=5690658E&size=960,691&fbid=470491566304174
Bit better than watching squirrels in Nottingham.
Bit better than watching squirrels in Nottingham.
I hadn't noticed the missing shadow, but I had noticed the wet bear with a fish on a dry street bit.
Also slightly different bears. Species? Subspecies? Or even just the family group; as the video states, the ones in Japan have been isolated there to develop separately for a few thousand years at least.
Unless it stole the salmon from a local fishmonger and he/she chased it away with a bucket of water....and the Bear is a Vampire Bear.
Seriously dude.?? The shadow in front of the bear is human legs. the human has been removed and the Bear put in there place. As far as photoshopping goes whoever did it didn't even attempt to do a good job.
