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The body of Robert Markel was found shortly after ... not to run away or climb up a tree if they come face-to-face with a bear, but to instead slowly back away to safety. Residents are also ...

She realized she had a bag of cookies her mother had given her just a few minutes earlier, so she used that to defend herself and Ringo. “I kind of feel bad, but I smacked the bear across the face ...

“I kind of feel bad, but I smacked the bear across the face with a bag of cookies and threw them at her face,” Savage said. That was enough to shift the bear’s attention to the ...