Bear Ambushes Cyclist

Boulder, Colorado; June 24, 2008

Bear crossing Old Stage Road outside of Boulder collides with bicyclist, cracking the latter's ribs.

A few curious points:

1. The cyclist's companion noted that they saw the bear "from a distance", yet they apparently felt no need to slow down or otherwise use caution . . . so all the animals have to do is stand in the road and let us run into them ? . . . yikes, let's not make it easy on them.

2. After the collision, a deer came onto the scene, and was promptly chased off by the bear. I presume the deer was some sort of trainee; the bear chased it off because it was not supposed to be seen? Hard to say.

Final words (from the cylist): "I wanted people to know to watch out for bears". You've been warned.