A woman hiking in Canada nearly became a grizzly’s next meal and the video circulating right now is genuinely one of the most intense wildlife encounters you will ever watch - her dog is with her, a massive grizzly is right there, and somehow she kept her head together long enough for both of them to walk away breathing.
That is not a small thing. Most people talk tough until nature is standing ten feet in front of them and every instinct in your body is screaming to run, and running is exactly the worst thing you can do.
Grizzlies are built to chase, they top out over 700 pounds and can cover ground faster than any human alive. The people who survive these moments are the ones who override pure fear with pure discipline and this woman did exactly that.
If you hike, camp, or spend any real time in the wilderness - bear spray is not optional, it is the difference between a story you tell and one somebody else tells about you.
Could you have kept your cool?
Hats off to her.
@PolitlcsUK ISAs were introduced as a tax free account to encourage saving. Suddenly announcing they will now take over 20% of your savings proves how desperate they are.
The UK's skint. Labour want to take more of your hard earned money to give away to people who do not deserve a penny.
@A1an_M@PolitlcsUK I think it was buried in the complexity of the last budget. I remember reading they were increasing the tax on savings (i.e. it used to be 20%, now 10% higher at 22%).
Labour hates savers.
@A1an_M@PolitlcsUK Has Reeves done a cost benefit analysis on this? I think it will bring in very little and discourage savers and investors. What is the point of it? Maybe another U turn coming.
Next April IHT will be applied to pension pots too - people won't bother. Crazy.
@PolitlcsUK When this government says they are a party for the working people. They're lying. All they want is more of your earnings to give to people that can't be arsed to work.