On Sep 3, 12:23 pm, Mike Vandeman wrote:
[snip]
Spokesman Ron Powers said a 51-year-old Port Orchard man was biking
with his two dogs alongside him when the dogs ran ahead and around the
bend, then started barking fiercely. The man turned the bend and saw
the dogs were barking at a bear.

Is this git going to be punished for breaking park rules?

http://www.kitsapgov.com/parks/herit...st%20rules.htm

Animals: Pets, horses and domesticated animals allowed
on designated trails only - leashed.

He was in a leash area with two loose dogs.

It's only a possibility, but I'm wondering if the bear was trying to
cross the trail ahead of the biker, and the dogs caused it to panic.
If the dogs had not run ahead, the bear might have just gone
off into the woods and nobody would ever have known it was around.

Result: He was injured, the bear is likely to be killed, and one
of his dogs may be dead in the woods. Plus a lot of disruption
for the park, and probably over time for the park employees.

It's not a story about a mountain biker at all. It's a story about
a git who thinks the world is his dog's toilet.
Socks