This video went viral a couple of weeks and shows the importance of carrying the right equipment. You can hear the runner say out loud he wishes he had his gun.

He did the right thing and backed away slowly. I just don't know why it took him so long to chuck a rock at it. I was thinking if he didn't have his gun why wasn't he carrying bear or some sort of pepper spray?

This time of the year animals are coming lower into the valleys to eat the foliage and chase prey. I'm a little more uneasy this time of year when I am in the mountains because of the likely hood of running into a deadly predator.