August 16, 2008: Fun on the tundra!

SPUCK · 08-16-2008, 07:00 AM

Let the pictures speak for themselves.
I find this both funny and chilling.

birdclaw · 08-16-2008, 10:07 AM

Kinda looks like a deadly game of peek-a-boo. I see you....don't eat me , don't eat me!

HungLikeJesus · 08-16-2008, 10:51 AM

I think we've seen these pictures before. You have to wonder about the photographer, though.

zippyt · 08-16-2008, 11:13 AM

oh the ohotog was safely in an armored truck , I wounder about the dude being chased ,
did he get away , or did he get eat ????

richlevy · 08-16-2008, 11:14 AM

Hey BooBoo, I'm smarter than the average bear.

Griff · 08-16-2008, 11:18 AM

Okay, which one of you monkeys locked the door?

tulzscha · 08-16-2008, 11:22 AM

"shoot the bear! SHOOT THE BEAR!"
"I can't, I can't, I'm laughing too hard!"

Silly Alaskans! (at least, "guys with Alaskan license plates")

I think they must be photographers of some kind, based on the heavy video tripod leaning on the truck. And it seems like the guy taking the snaps is a ways away with a decent telephoto. And, laughing his butt off.

richlevy · 08-16-2008, 11:42 AM

Rule #1: Don't mess with any threatened species that weighs almost half a ton. This does not include snail darters.

FStop · 08-16-2008, 01:38 PM

This was definitely a case of *run* "shitshitshitshitshit"

TheMercenary · 08-16-2008, 01:56 PM

Those bears are actually quite dangerous. I think the bear wants to know if the guy is soft or crunchy on the inside.

newtimer · 08-16-2008, 01:59 PM

I'm reminded of the scene in Monty Python & the Holy Grail when the castle guard sees the enemy knight running towards him across the field.
When he saw the bear 50 yards away, why didn't he open one of the truck doors, just in case?
When he saw the bear approaching, why didn't he get into one of the trucks, just in case?
When the bear was just 10 yards away, why didn't he shut himself in the truck and start the engine, just in case?

Instead, this moron stood there like an idiot, watching the bear plod along closer and closer until it was right there next to him. And THEN he tried to get into one of the trucks? And all 3 of the trucks are locked??? Why would anybody out in the uninhabited tundra lock all of their trucks' doors?
This fool deserves to be bear-snack and then honored with a Darwin Award.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2008, 02:22 PM

I don't think he had 50 yards to think about it. It looks to me like they are bear watching/photographing, at the town dump, which is a common, and usually not dangerous, practice in the great white north.
Usually the bears are too preoccupied with the good smells of garbage to pay much attention to the tourists. Unfortunately that leads to a false sense of security, and further leads to tourists putting themselves in harms way.
After all, a couple of great Polar Bear pictures would pay for a nifty funeral.

Scriveyn · 08-16-2008, 02:57 PM

Don't worry - he just wants to playyyyYikes!

Stress Puppy · 08-16-2008, 04:54 PM

If that bear wanted him, being in the car won't help that much. A black bear can get through a car door, so a polar bear might just remove it.

jinx · 08-16-2008, 05:22 PM

It's quite a bit easier to drive away from inside the car though...

08-16-2008, 10:51 AM	#3
HungLikeJesus What makes you think I'm done playing with it? Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 3,959	I think we've seen these pictures before. You have to wonder about the photographer, though. __________________ I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-16-2008, 11:13 AM	#4
zippyt is driving through the night Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: paragould arkansas Posts: 4,830	oh the ohotog was safely in an armored truck , I wounder about the dude being chased , did he get away , or did he get eat ???? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-16-2008, 11:14 AM	#5
richlevy Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 5,192	Hey BooBoo, I'm smarter than the average bear. __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

08-16-2008, 11:18 AM	#6
Griff whose life is now like a hockey game Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 11,513	Okay, which one of you monkeys locked the door? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-16-2008, 11:42 AM	#8
richlevy Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 5,192	Rule #1: Don't mess with any threatened species that weighs almost half a ton. This does not include snail darters. __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

08-16-2008, 07:00 AM	#1
SPUCK Lecturer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 761	August 16, 2008: Fun on the tundra! Let the pictures speak for themselves. I find this both funny and chilling.

08-16-2008, 10:07 AM	#2
birdclaw putting the "g" in flight Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 137	Kinda looks like a deadly game of peek-a-boo. I see you....don't eat me , don't eat me!

08-16-2008, 11:22 AM	#7
tulzscha Disorderly Orderly Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 54	"shoot the bear! SHOOT THE BEAR!" "I can't, I can't, I'm laughing too hard!" Silly Alaskans! (at least, "guys with Alaskan license plates") I think they must be photographers of some kind, based on the heavy video tripod leaning on the truck. And it seems like the guy taking the snaps is a ways away with a decent telephoto. And, laughing his butt off.

08-16-2008, 01:38 PM	#9
FStop Stretching the Veil Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 154	This was definitely a case of run "shitshitshitshitshit" __________________

08-16-2008, 01:56 PM	#10
TheMercenary We must have you for dinner. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 14,142	Those bears are actually quite dangerous. I think the bear wants to know if the guy is soft or crunchy on the inside. __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil Aphorism 146 "So you heard what you expected to hear, and assumed my intent." -LJ

08-16-2008, 01:59 PM	#11
newtimer Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 196	I'm reminded of the scene in Monty Python & the Holy Grail when the castle guard sees the enemy knight running towards him across the field. When he saw the bear 50 yards away, why didn't he open one of the truck doors, just in case? When he saw the bear approaching, why didn't he get into one of the trucks, just in case? When the bear was just 10 yards away, why didn't he shut himself in the truck and start the engine, just in case? Instead, this moron stood there like an idiot, watching the bear plod along closer and closer until it was right there next to him. And THEN he tried to get into one of the trucks? And all 3 of the trucks are locked??? Why would anybody out in the uninhabited tundra lock all of their trucks' doors? This fool deserves to be bear-snack and then honored with a Darwin Award.

08-16-2008, 02:22 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	I don't think he had 50 yards to think about it. It looks to me like they are bear watching/photographing, at the town dump, which is a common, and usually not dangerous, practice in the great white north. Usually the bears are too preoccupied with the good smells of garbage to pay much attention to the tourists. Unfortunately that leads to a false sense of security, and further leads to tourists putting themselves in harms way. After all, a couple of great Polar Bear pictures would pay for a nifty funeral. __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

08-16-2008, 02:57 PM	#13
Scriveyn Here Be Dragons Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 328	Don't worry - he just wants to playyyyYikes!

08-16-2008, 04:54 PM	#14
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 349	If that bear wanted him, being in the car won't help that much. A black bear can get through a car door, so a polar bear might just remove it. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

08-16-2008, 05:22 PM	#15
jinx Matt Lauer can suck it Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 5,100	It's quite a bit easier to drive away from inside the car though... __________________ A thing either is what it appears to be; or it is not, but yet appears to be; or it is, but does not appear to be; or it is not, and does not appear to be.--Epictitus

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