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As a follow up on JavaBrewer's post, a mountain lion killed a lady hiker on the back side of Mt. Cuyamaca (San Diego County) in 1996. They thought it was probably in a starving state. There is a bench with a memorial plaque on it near the location she was killed on the fire road going up to the top. I found out a couple of sounds that seem to scare bears. This was years ago and sort of by chance from making the sounds as kind of a reflex when a bear was near. I tried to make a rattling sound to imitate a rattle snake using my tongue. They ran every time I did that. The other sound I used (only once) was a "harrumph" sound sort of like an irritated bear. I did that as kind of reflex thing one night when I was awakened by the crunching of twigs near my sleeping bag. I sat up and made that "harrumph" sound and heard the bear take off running away. I thought that was pretty cool at the time. I wouldn't try to depend on these things to deter a determined bear though.
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Marv Evans
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