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Originally Posted by Russic
None of us know for sure obviously, but I would be blown away if experienced backcountry campers would ever bring food into a tent. I get it that people are dumb and complacency happens across an entire population, but once you narrow it down to people who tent in remote areas, that's a pretty rare whoopsy-doodle.
I feel in situations like this, we clamour for reason. The prospect that somebody can do everything correct and still get eaten is terrifying. We all want to be able to say it wouldn't happen to us because we're smarter or more prepared. The uncomfortable truth is sh*t happens and sometimes there's nothing you can do.
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I think it is probably as simple as hungry bear treating the people or dog as prey. These types of attacks are rare, but not unheard of. There doesn't need to be any other reason or an error made by the casualties. Sometimes you can do everything right and it doesn't matter.