Lewis and Clark were both born in Virginia. They had probably seen black bears, which are like, half the size of a grizzly bear and a tenth of the temperament.
Bears had long been extinct in most of Europe for a thousand years, so if they’d been Brits, they’d probably never have seen a bear at all, outside of a circus.
Indigenous folk: “Yo this is a real, actual threat you will encounter”
European colonists, 90% of the time before dying horribly: “lmao yeah right, I’m sure we can handle it”
When in a new region… listen to the fucking locals. They may not always be correct, but they sure as shit know more than you do about the area, lmao
Lewis and Clark were both born in Virginia. They had probably seen black bears, which are like, half the size of a grizzly bear and a tenth of the temperament.
Bears had long been extinct in most of Europe for a thousand years, so if they’d been Brits, they’d probably never have seen a bear at all, outside of a circus.