Encounter = Less than 50 m distance and the bear has noticed me. I have no bear combat training or weapons. I'm on foot, no car or helicopter. I can run a bit faster than average for a human but nothing special. So basically whatever happens is up to the bear.
(There might be more polls for grizzly and polar bears.)
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@AndrewHartman Oh! Does it make an order-of-magnitude difference? I'd guess Alaska is probably a good place to pick because I might post the same poll for grizzly bears (and maybe polar bears), and Alaska could be the place for all polls, making them more comparable.
@DawnDrescher If you're not excluding Florida it definitely makes an order of magnitude difference. I think if you exclude Florida specifically then it's probably not as dramatic?
Reminds me of the kid who wanted to hug the beeeeear