Back when that discussion was everywhere, I also got the impression that there was an underrated cultural component buried in the question of what it means to "encounter a bear".
In the US, they mainly have American black bears that are almost more like badgers than grizzlies. Some American kids are literally taught to scare away bears by yelling at them.
I'm European and nowhere near wild bears, but my conception of wild bear encounters is closer to this: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/olga-moskalyova_n_930464
Julian Fietkau
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