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Stay Safe While Camping by Sleeping Inside a Big Bear

April 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM | by | Comments (2)

Don't you hate it when you're camping and you get mauled by a bear? I do, and apparently, so does Eiko Ishizawa. That's why the eclectic designer invented "The Great Sleeping Bear," a sleeping bag made to resemble a big brown bear. The idea is simple: if you're sleeping in one of these and a bear comes across your campsite looking for a meal, it will think you're a fellow bear and opt to eat your friends and family instead. (Apparently, bears are pretty dim.) Of course, there could be a downside as well. What if you make a particularly attractive bear?

I'm not sure what actual bear experts would think of the sleeping bag ruse. They'd probably recommend more common-sense bear protection measures, like keeping any food and trash far away from your campground, packing a canister of bear spray, and making lots of noise when you hike. All the same, I'd love to see how a bear would react to someone sleeping in one of these things. Would he be fooled into thinking its another bear? Would he find it funny? Would he want to make sexytime? We need a volunteer to test this thing out in bear country. Someone other than me. Is Johnny Knoxville available?

[Photo: The London Paper]

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I much prefer

the Tauntaun one.
egw on April 5, 2009 at 2:56 AM #Permalink

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