Talk About A Kodiak Moment: 22y/o takes photo of bear seconds before being mauled. - Polidicks

[QUOTE][IMG]http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/11/26/1417030292580/3edcc6ec-ac1f-420c-83de-c1fc382ec589-620x372.jpeg[/IMG] A series of newly released photographs reveal the final moments of a New Jersey student’s life before he was killed by a bear. Darsh Patel, a 22-year-old Rutgers University student, was hiking with four friends in the Apshawa Preserve in West Milford, New Jersey, in September when he was mauled to death by a 300-pound black bear. On Tuesday, West Milford police released five photos from Patel’s phone that show the bear standing behind a log just 100ft away from the hikers, the Record reported. In each photo, the bear appears to be getting closer to the hikers. Police said the bear in the photos was the same bear that killed Patel just a short while later. Source [url]http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/26/photographs-bear-killed-new-jersey-student?CMP=soc_567[/url][/QUOTE]

I thought the picture was going to be just before the bear swiped at him. Now that'd be a kodiak moment. A horrible one, but a kodiak moment none the less.

So did he just stand there taking pictures as it got closer and closer expecting it to give him a hug or something?

To be fair, black bears are usually rather docile.

Someone forgot to make lots of noise

Black bears are absolutely terrified of people, you gotta really piss them off to rile them up. I've never heard of an unprovoked black bear attack.

He was with four people and still lost? What did he do? Play dead like an idiot? You are supposed to fight black bears if they attack because black bears generally only attack unprovoked if starving.

I can't bear to think of what was going through his head right after he took this picture.

[QUOTE=GunFox;46583535]He was with four people and still lost? What did he do? Play dead like an idiot? You are supposed to fight black bears if they attack because black bears generally only attack unprovoked if starving.[/QUOTE] iirc they split up when they ran away and he was apparently attacked when he was alone

[QUOTE=GunFox;46583535]He was with four people and still lost? What did he do? Play dead like an idiot? You are supposed to fight black bears if they attack because black bears generally only attack unprovoked if starving.[/QUOTE] I doubt many people have the balls to stand up to a 300 pound bear, regardless of what kind it is. Especially when unarmed

It's Kodak not Kodiak that's all

[QUOTE=Trogdon;46583580]It's Kodak not Kodiak that's all[/QUOTE] *woosh*

[QUOTE=Skyward;46583604]*woosh*[/QUOTE] It's not a Kodiak bear in the article it's a black bear that's not even a pun it's misinformation thanks

[QUOTE=milktree;46583577]I doubt many people have the balls to stand up to a 300 pound bear, regardless of what kind it is. Especially when unarmed[/QUOTE] Well you either do it or you die. You can't out run a black bear and if they attack they intend to kill you, so you stand and fight. You don't have to win, you just have to establish that you aren't prey. Also if you are in the woods completely unarmed in bear country then you are an idiot. This is really bears 101.

[QUOTE=GunFox;46583615]Well you either do it or you die. You can't out run a black bear and if they attack they intend to kill you, so you stand and fight. You don't have to win, you just have to establish that you aren't prey. [/QUOTE] Makes me glad I know, "If it's brown, stay down; if it's black, fight back."

[QUOTE=milktree;46583577]I doubt many people have the balls to stand up to a 300 pound bear, regardless of what kind it is. Especially when unarmed[/QUOTE] Give Ivan a bottle of your finest vodka, he will show you how it's done. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiVQhEvQL7A[/media]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;46583633]Makes me glad I know, "If it's brown, stay down; if it's black, fight back."[/QUOTE] that's straight up racist dog

I don't get the pun. I was going to correct OP only to find someone did and got dumbed, so can someone explain it? All i know is Kodiak is a city, which isn't in New Jersey. Edit: I was legitimately asking what the joke was. Not sure why someone thought that was dumb.

[QUOTE=GunFox;46583615]Well you either do it or you die. You can't out run a black bear and if they attack they intend to kill you, so you stand and fight. You don't have to win, you just have to establish that you aren't prey. Also if you are in the woods completely unarmed in bear country then you are an idiot. This is really bears 101.[/QUOTE] The problem is that they split up. That was an incredibly stupid thing to do.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;46583690]I don't get the pun. I was going to correct OP only to find someone did and got dumbed, so can someone explain it? All i know is Kodiak is a city, which isn't in New Jersey.[/QUOTE] Kodiak bears

Back in the old days when shit was in black and white and people still put little rolls of film into their cameras, Kodak was a company that made film. The tagline 'a Kodak moment' was pretty well known.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;46583633]Makes me glad I know, "If it's brown, stay down; if it's black, fight back."[/QUOTE] Around blacks, never relax. Bears, that is.

[QUOTE=Maloof?;46583721]Back in the old days when shit was in black and white and people still put little rolls of film into their cameras, Kodak was a company that made film. The tagline 'a Kodak moment' was pretty well known.[/QUOTE] wtf lol kodak is still around you fool

[QUOTE=NikoChekhov;46583720]Kodiak bears[/QUOTE] but the bear involved in the article isn't a kodiak????? That would be like if a dood got bit by a rattlesnake and people made puns about cobras.

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;46583927]but the bear involved in the article isn't a kodiak????? That would be like if a dood got bit by a rattlesnake and people made puns about cobras.[/QUOTE] omg get over it it was a funny if only semi relevant pun

[QUOTE=GunFox;46583615]Well you either do it or you die. You can't out run a black bear and if they attack they intend to kill you, so you stand and fight. You don't have to win, you just have to establish that you aren't prey. Also if you are in the woods completely unarmed in bear country then you are an idiot. This is really bears 101.[/QUOTE] i didn't take that class i elected for "survey of ocelots"

[QUOTE=GunFox;46583615]Well you either do it or you die. You can't out run a black bear and if they attack they intend to kill you, so you stand and fight. You don't have to win, you just have to establish that you aren't prey. Also if you are in the woods completely unarmed in bear country then you are an idiot. This is really bears 101.[/QUOTE] So basically the best strategy against a black bear is to lose all of your shit and start flinging yourself at it screaming on top of your lungs like you just snorted a mountain of cocaine and physically need to punch something into space. Preferably with the most chav accent you can possibly pull off.

[QUOTE=FordLord;46583667]Give Ivan a bottle of your finest vodka, he will show you how it's done. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiVQhEvQL7A[/media][/QUOTE] Sometimes I wish bears would have the personality of a small dog

How to age yourself online: Knowing what a Kodak moment is.

[QUOTE=SenhorCreeper;46584061]Sometimes I wish bears would have the personality of a small dog[/QUOTE] Small dogs in my experience are viscous fucking demons of death who attack everything. I really don't want this.