Could a human do hand-to-hand combat against a grizzly bear?

[Peregrinator]

I just remembered this one. It's almost exactly what Mike was asking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmmefcJbMc

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm a registered black belt and I highly doubt I could hold my own against something with that much size and power. They are also faster than you would think. Most blows that would immobilize a person would not even register through that much muscle. The neck would be unbreakable.

Course I'm all of 170 pounds maybe if someone had my training and had 250 behind them maybe they would fare better but doubt it.

Even with a long blade you have to get within reach of those arms. Really don't see it happening.

 

[kiba]

I just remembered this one. It's almost exactly what Mike was asking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmmefcJbMc

I remember seeing that a while back and wondering why the guy had a gi on and a grey belt

 

[Peregrinator]

I remember seeing that a while back and wondering why the guy had a gi on and a grey belt

I had the same question. No idea. At any rate, he looks like a fairly fit guy and the bear hardly noticed him.

 

[Peregrinator]

I'm a registered black belt and I highly doubt I could hold my own against something with that much size and power. They are also faster than you would think. Most blows that would immobilize a person would not even register through that much muscle. The neck would be unbreakable.

Course I'm all of 170 pounds maybe if someone had my training and had 250 behind them maybe they would fare better but doubt it.

Even with a long blade you have to get within reach of those arms. Really don't see it happening.

"Registered?" What does that mean?

I run around 206 these days, and I don't think another 44 pounds, even if it were pure muscle, would make a shit's worth of difference.

 

[renard_ruse]

Of all the Mike Yates threads that you people ignore, this dumbass thread has six pages and been on the front of the board for days?

I honestly don't get this place. Mike has a lot of interesting threads, but this is not one of them. Zzzzzzzz.

 

[Peregrinator]

Of all the Mike Yates threads that you people ignore, this dumbass thread has six pages and been on the front of the board for days?

I honestly don't get this place. Mike has a lot of interesting threads, but this is not one of them. Zzzzzzzz.

I think it's because it's a fun, harmless conversation.

 

[Sonny Limatina]

"Registered?" What does that mean?

I run around 206 these days, and I don't think another 44 pounds, even if it were pure muscle, would make a shit's worth of difference.

I like the part where he "highly doubts" he could hold his own, rather than knowing that he'd be Kibbles 'n Bits within minutes.

Is it because bears are cute? Have I just spent enough time in bear country that I've lost perspective about the fact that most people don't know much about them?

 

[thør]

I think it's because it's a fun, harmless conversation.

Indeed, if meaningful conversation is required, there are some very serious boards out there....

 

[thør]

"Registered?" What does that mean?

I run around 206 these days, and I don't think another 44 pounds, even if it were pure muscle, would make a shit's worth of difference.

Registered? Meaning licensed?

Like professional engineers or architects?

Or like 007?

 

[kiba]

Currently on page 1 there are MORE threads on Obama and a thread on male thongs. To me this is about as meaningful as it gets right now

 

[Peregrinator]

I like the part where he "highly doubts" he could hold his own, rather than knowing that he'd be Kibbles 'n Bits within minutes.

Is it because bears are cute? Have I just spent enough time in bear country that I've lost perspective about the fact that most people don't know much about them?

*shrug* He's good people. I'm sure that's just conversational tone, not some kind of sneaky egocentrism.

I don't think most people have much contact with them, and they do tend to look like fuzzy toys with some remarkably human traits and movements. I mean, look at that pic of the polar bear looking in the car window. He looks so friendly and interested, like a dog.

 

[Peregrinator]

Registered? Meaning licensed?

Like professional engineers or architects?

Or like 007?

I suspect he meant "certified by a creditable school," or words to that effect.

 

[thør]

*shrug* He's good people. I'm sure that's just conversational tone, not some kind of sneaky egocentrism.

I don't think most people have much contact with them, and they do tend to look like fuzzy toys with some remarkably human traits and movements. I mean, look at that pic of the polar bear looking in the car window. He looks so friendly and interested, like a dog.

They are so fucking cute when they are young........

 

[thør]

I suspect he meant "certified by a creditable school," or words to that effect.

Maybe he had to tell the local law enforcement of his training?

 

[Peregrinator]

They are so fucking cute when they are young........

They really are. Did you see the ones I posted on Facebook?

 

[trysail]

How we should go about living with grizzlies is not an easy subject. Half of our population considers grizzlies to be serial killers and the other half considers them a cross between Yogi Bear and Winnie the Pooh. But they are not serial killers, they are not harmless, and they are not our friends. They are wild beings, with all that connotes. For reasons I don't understand, many people have a hard time accepting that fact. As Aldo Leopold put it: 'Only those able to see the pageant of evolution can be expected to value its theater, the wilderness, and its outstanding achievement, the grizzly.'

On the other hand, no one should underestimate the horror of a grizzly attack. A small library of books describing such attacks is likely to keep you from ever hiking in grizzly country, especially alone. One factoid I can't get out of my head was reported by Dr. Steven P. French, a biologist who worked for the Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation: a grizzly may begin eating you before you die.

-Jack Turner
Travels in the Greater Yellowstone.
New York, New York 2008.​

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[Peregrinator]

Maybe he had to tell the local law enforcement of his training?

Could be...remember when people used to say that back in the '70's? I don't know if it was ever true anywhere.

 

[thør]

They really are. Did you see the ones I posted on Facebook?

I did......

The little blackie ambling up the the neighbor's drive last week was really cute. Of course, I was happy to be in the vehicle because I couldn't see mom.

 

[kiba]

Could be...remember when people used to say that back in the '70's? I don't know if it was ever true anywhere.

Nope .urban myth

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

I'm a registered black belt and I highly doubt I could hold my own against something with that much size and power. They are also faster than you would think. Most blows that would immobilize a person would not even register through that much muscle. The neck would be unbreakable.

Course I'm all of 170 pounds maybe if someone had my training and had 250 behind them maybe they would fare better but doubt it.

Even with a long blade you have to get within reach of those arms. Really don't see it happening.

Registered?

WTF is that?

Are you one of these tools that actually believe the old wives tale about registering your hands as deadly weapons? Are you trying to float that bullshit? Come on fill us in.

I laughed so hard I got the hiccups now.

 

[Peregrinator]

I did......

The little blackie ambling up the the neighbor's drive last week was really cute. Of course, I was happy to be in the vehicle because I couldn't see mom.

I think if I lived where you do I'd wear a helmet cam 24/7.

 

[thør]

I think if I lived where you do I'd wear a helmet cam 24/7.

You'd look foolish.....

 

[Peregrinator]

You'd look foolish.....

Yeah...and I'd wear flannel shirts and those big green boots, too.

 

[thør]

Yeah...and I'd wear flannel shirts and those big green boots, too.

You'd REALLY look foolish........

Xtratuffs are reddish.