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What You Should Never Do If Attacked By a Bear In Connecticut
Do we need another article about bears in Connecticut? DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?! It's exceptionally rare for a human to be attacked by a black bear. But it could happen, and I'm here to inform you how NOT to die during that rare instance when a pissed-off bear decides to charge and then attack.
According to a New York Times article, human-bear interactions have increased dramatically in Connecticut. In 2023, bears in Avon crashed a parade and stormed into a bakery. My oldest son, Matt, who lives in New Milford, has been visited a number of times by a 300-pound black bear searching for food.
In July 2023, a 65-year-old Litchfield man was bitten by a bear, and a 10-year-old was mauled in his grandparents’ backyard in Morris. The information I'm going to pass along is from Ben Kilham, a bear behavior researcher and orphaned cub rehabilitator. This bear expert has been charged by bears numerous times and will let you know how not to be attacked.
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