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Originally Posted by GioforPM
If spray cans were discharged it doesn't add a whole lot to the knowledge, since there's no way to know when in the incident (too early, too late or as directed), if they were used properly or if they functioned properly.
One weird fact: this couple has the exact same first names as me and my wife.
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I think knowing would be useful info to aid deducing what happened. I'd assume that if all 3 were killed by the bear, a portion of the scenario related to not wanting to run and/or running too late/inability to flee. As long as all of them had run or kept running, the assumption is that the odds should be reasonable for at least one potentially surviving out of the 3.
I think the article does hint that they were all found near the same area (their campsite). The article says they did everything else right, so if the spray was discharged, I assume some form of standing their ground or surprise that caused them all to succumb together. ie: Trying to save dog/each other and trying to scare off/fight the bear that was insistent on sticking around and succumbing to the wounds in the skirmish. Or maybe there was some facet of being tired after full day hiking (Age 60s) or minor injury during hike that kept them from vacating the vicinity quickly (ie: sprain or other ailment).
If the spray was not discharged, I assume it was some form of being rapidly cornered away from their supplies and/or surprised by the bear. Maybe like in the tent when they were getting ready to rest or a campsite by a ridge or something that restricted their ability to effectively flee? Considering the alert was 8PM and sunset around 7 ish, darkness could be a huge component of how it all transpired in this specific way.
It doesn't seem logical that the bear would have insisted to hunt all 3 plus hang around and still be ultra aggressive in that specific spot from the initial potential attack at 8PM and then 5 hours later when the rescue party showed up... so I'm assuming the location played a big part of what had happed if the couple were experienced and had supposedly done everything else correctly.
In one of my previous posts, I had asked why the bear might have hung around for so long. Logically, it made sense that a bear might hangout in an area for a few hours to collect a few pounds of food per something I think I read. But I did overlook in this case it might have been considered a few hundred pounds of food for the bear. The confusing factor might have been why the bear was still aggressive after feeding for a few hours, but the comments about the bear potentially protecting the food make sense too.
Honestly it doesn't matter, but it's just curiousity.