Two men backpacking come upon an enraged Brown Bear, who starts shaking his broad head and chomping and snapping as he zeroes in on the two men, approaching deliberately.

One man drops his ruck, pulls his knife, slices his boot laces, pulls on his sneakers, and starts lacing them up.

His friend who's frozen with uncertainty, watches.

"You can't outrun a bear! They can run a horse down!"

"Don't have to outrun the bear. Only have to outrun you."

I'm very thankful that there is a huge number of people just like you. You and your kind help ensure the survival of me and mine.

Likely, you'll never see it coming, or if you see it, you'll hesitate to duck.

Good for you.

Again, thank you for being you. Fool.