[pct-l] Bear danger on the PCT - put in perspective

[Brandon McGinnity]

"1 person out of 16,000 commits murder but only 1 black bear out of one
million does."

Hmm... How many people live in the Dallas area, again? 6.8 million??? Yikes,
get me to the mountains!

thanks for the "ammo" against friends and family who tell me how worried
they are for me about bears.


On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:37 PM, <abiegen at cox.net> wrote:

> Just to put the danger from bears in perspective:
>
>      You are 120 times more likely to die of a bee sting than a black bear
> attack
>
>      You are 45 times more likely to die from a dog attack than a black
> bear attack
>
>      1 person out of 16,000 commits murder but only 1 black bear out of one
> million does.  So people are much more dangerous than bears!   Fear people
> and respect bears.
>
>     There are about 750,000 black bears in North America and on average
> there is less than one black bear killing per year.
>
>      For each person killed by a black bear attack there are 13 people
> killed by snakes, 17 by spiders, 45 by dogs, 120 by bees, 150 by tornadoes,
> 374 by lightning, and 60,000 by humans.
>
> Thanks to Grizzly Bay at www.grizzlybay.org
>
> The above information from
> http://www.grizzlybay.org/LearnMore/DoGrizzlyBearsEatPeople.htm
>
> TrailHacker
>
> "When my feet hurt, I can't think straight"
> Abraham Lincoln
>
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