Jon-Kyle Mohr did not expect his 50-mile encounter Yosemite Valley to end with an undesirable bear hug, but that’s what he got. (He’s okay, thankfully.) It wanted dark, and Mohr was so near completing his trek– less than a mile, in reality– when he suddenly saw a big shape coming toward him out of the corner of his eye. It was a black bear, and after that they collided.
Mohr told the LA Times that after he and the bear faced each other, Mohr stumbled back, regained his footing, then stood in person with the big black bear. The bear appeared equally offended by the crash; Mohr had actually knocked the bear’s trash meal right out of its mouth.
Thankfully, Mohr and some Good Samaritans knew what to do– get big and loud. Mohr stated he started screaming and “slapping his running poles on the pavement.” Some people camping close by understood the task; they likewise shouted and banged on pots and pans.
The bear then left, and Mohr got medical aid for the scratches on his shoulder, but declined a precautionary trip to the hospital. Maybe what difficulties Mohr most is the large outrageousness of such a crash– or, should we call it an attack?
“It was just a really weird, random collision,” Mohr told LA Times. “If I had rested my feet for 20 seconds longer at any point over the sixteen hours, it would not have actually happened.”
Yosemite has not yet released an official statement on the incident. We’re glad Mohr left shocked but primarily unscathed.
An ultrarunner did not anticipate his 50-mile encounter Yosemite Valley to end with an unwanted bear hug. Here’s what occurred.