Originally Posted by
indyfabz
See the link is my post directly above.
That one is particularly memorable, when they found him both of his wrists were broken from the impact. They were moving fast.
In Jasper, a few years ago, a mountain biker surprised a bear and it bit his pack, puncturing the bear spray that he had on it.
The bear hit Cardinal on the side of his back with its paw and knocked him off of his bike. Then it tried to bite him. Instead, the grizzly bit into his backpack and set off the bear spray Cardinal had strapped to its side.“He had a mouthful of it, which is good,” Cardinal said.
“I wasn’t realizing what was going on. I was screaming at it just so that it would stop.
“I fell on my knees waiting for more blows to come. But nothing came.”
The bear took off. Cardinal said the attack lasted about 10 seconds.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...tack-1.2654545
Most bear attacks result from surprising a bear, getting close to a mother with cubs, or a bear guarding a kill, or a bear that is habituated to people. You are unlikely to have a problem with a bear feeding at the side of the road. But I wouldnt stop and take pics.