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Locals here are quite bear wise. So much so that an encounter like the OPs would be viewed quite harshly. Bears are always learning and this one just had an encounter with a person where nothing bad happened to him. He is now further conditioned that people are nothing to be feared of. He will be more bold the next time.
Bears don't show themselves in day light here much except when they are putting on weight right before winter. This one would've got a brick right in the flank from me or anyone else here in town. A wax or wooden slug out of a 12 gauge even better.
Camped here many times with no tent, just a bag on a thermorest. Never had an encounter or a worry as long as we had no food with us and we didn't smell of cooked food (this mistake has gotten a few tourists in trouble).
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