A bear charged through a Wisconsin house window. A couple stabbed it with a kitchen knife and ...

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bear-attacks-couple-wisconsin-home-knife-gun/

A bear charged through a Wisconsin house window. A couple stabbed it with a kitchen knife and shot it as their kids slept.

MAY 23, 2022 / 6:07 AM / CBS/AP

A Wisconsin couple say they killed a bear that attacked them inside their home after they spotted it eating from their bird feeder.

The Taylor County Sheriff's Office said the attack happened around 11 p.m. Friday at a home near Medford in north-central Wisconsin. The couple told authorities that a black bear charged through a window after they yelled at it to go away, the office said.

Both the husband and wife were injured before they were able to stab the bear with a kitchen knife. Eventually, the man was able to grab a firearm and kill the animal.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Sorry, i just can't get past the utter stupidity of having a bird feeder at window IN BEAR COUNTRY..

I can't believe they were not warned and had it directly outside their kitchen window. You put out a banquet and the bears WILL come. This wasn't inner-city Miami, but BEAR COUNTRY in WISCONSIN.

So, I'm glad they weren't hurt badly, but I can't get past the level of ignorance.

[2naSalit]

3. Indeed!

In my neck o' the woods we have fines for hanging out bird feeder because of bears. And some people foolishly think that black bear, for some reason, are less dangerous than grizzly bears. A bear is a bear and any bear can kill and eat you if they discover that you are made out of meat, easy to kill and they fancy that taste.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Bullshit

What?? Were they in a ONE room house?? The fucking bear was hungry. This is a fucked up story.

[madaboutharry]

4. People do stupid things like this at campgrounds.

They don’t clean up after themselves and leave food laying around on picnic tables next to their campsite. Or worse, leave open containers of food in their tents. Food needs to be properly stored even inside campers and travel trailers.
Leaving food out in the open is like being a welcome committee for bears.

[Botany]

5. I don't buy their story for 1 second

The # of unprovoked black bear attacks on people is next to nothing. BTW if you are dumb enough
to have a bird feeder out in bear country and you see a bear eating the seed leave him or her alone
and then put the feeder away and then plant some native plants that will host the native insects that
the birds will feed to their young.

[Delmette2.0]

6. This is the best advice. Thank you

[Botany]

7. Years ago I was camping in KY and a guy woke me up to tell that there was a bear in camp ...

... and asked me what I was going to do and I told him that I was going to do nothing and
whatever the bear was going to do was fine by me.

A really good book: Plant native and help nature.

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[lastlib]

8. How to get rid of a bear (on a lighter note):

"Hey, Bear, where's that hundred dollars you owe me?"
(the bear doesn't have your money. Hopefully it will feel awkward enough about it to avoid you.)

https://www.backpacker.com/survival/bears/10-things-to-shout-at-a-bear/