i hate bear encounters.
tonight I’m debating weather to sleep on the rail to trails. It has mostly been paying campgrounds so far.
I have no food with me and a tiny pepper spray (for dogs).
I’m not too afraid of small 100 lbs bears. I thing they will scare off.
I won’t be able to sleep if I know there is a 400 lbs bear sniffing around.
It only took one encounter for me to be permanently concerned. Before that I had no problem sleeping in much worse places.