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Heard a story when I was in Alberta (up by Chateau Lake Louise - a truly gorgeous spot). There's a lake up there that's made up of glacial melt and there's a path that goes around it. They tell you if you go for a walk to take a bell with you, or make noise as your walking because you could well come up on a bear - especially grizzleys. This woman from NYC was walking with her 6 year old kid. They rounded a corner in the path and came up on a grizz. She told the 6 year old to go stand beside the bear so she could get a picture. One need not wonder what happened to the kid.

I thought this was a story made up by the locals to scare the tourists into doing what they were told, but we went to the local paper's office and looked in their files - it really did happen. The sad part was she didn't understand why. Another Darwin candidate. [roll]

<blockquote data-quote="Lynne" data-source="post: 6343" data-attributes="member: 60">Heard a story when I was in Alberta (up by Chateau Lake Louise - a truly gorgeous spot).&nbsp; There&#039;s a lake up there that&#039;s made up of glacial melt and there&#039;s a path that goes around it.&nbsp; They tell you if you go for a walk to take a bell with you, or make noise as your walking because you could well come up on a bear - especially grizzleys.&nbsp; This woman from NYC was walking with her 6 year old kid.&nbsp; They rounded a corner in the path and came up on a grizz.&nbsp; She told the 6 year old to go stand beside the bear so she could get a picture.&nbsp; One need not wonder what happened to the kid.I thought this was a story made up by the locals to scare the tourists into doing what they were told, but we went to the local paper&#039;s office and looked in their files - it really did happen.&nbsp; The sad part was she didn&#039;t understand why.&nbsp; Another Darwin candidate.&nbsp; [roll]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lynne, post: 6343, member: 60"] Heard a story when I was in Alberta (up by Chateau Lake Louise - a truly gorgeous spot). There's a lake up there that's made up of glacial melt and there's a path that goes around it. They tell you if you go for a walk to take a bell with you, or make noise as your walking because you could well come up on a bear - especially grizzleys. This woman from NYC was walking with her 6 year old kid. They rounded a corner in the path and came up on a grizz. She told the 6 year old to go stand beside the bear so she could get a picture. One need not wonder what happened to the kid. I thought this was a story made up by the locals to scare the tourists into doing what they were told, but we went to the local paper's office and looked in their files - it really did happen. The sad part was she didn't understand why. Another Darwin candidate. [roll] [/QUOTE]

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