r/ColoradoSprings • u/Techie4evr • 14d ago

News PSA:Bear Alert(brown)

Be Carefull, Brown bear spotted just past Austin Bluffs Pkwy & Union. Seen him @ 6:03am

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u/okeydokeyannieoakley 13d ago

Bears in Colorado?? No way!!

We don't need a PSA. They live here too. Just leave it alone.

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u/Knee_Fight 13d ago

Sure, it was definitely worth you being fucking rude just because someone wanted to let people know they saw a bear in the middle of town, where most people don't usually see them.

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u/Bryguy3k 13d ago

Austin Bluffs and Union is right next to a green space and creek and not “the middle of town”.

It’s really common to see a wildlife, including bears, along all of the creeks.

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u/Knee_Fight 13d ago

Boy, you're right, silly me. It's slightly north-west of being right in the middle. And none of that is an excuse to be a rude prick to someone just trying to share that they saw something. Maybe they're new in town, or to that area. Maybe they haven't been lucky enough to see more wildlife there. Regardless, being a sarcastic jerk in response to a simple post like that was absolutely uncalled for.

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u/okeydokeyannieoakley 13d ago

No it was called for. When people make a big deal about bear sightings and start making calls, CPW gets involved and there's a good chance that bear gets tagged or if it's already tagged it may get destroyed. There are a lot of transplants here who think that bears only live on the mountain and don't know that we have to co-exist here. Be respectful.

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u/Knee_Fight 13d ago

lmao, you have the nerve to tell someone else to be respectful when you're a rude prick to someone for posting that they saw a bear? You realize you could have simply said what you just said in this post originally to actually explain your reasoning, rather than just being rude and dismissive?

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u/okeydokeyannieoakley 13d ago

Be respectful of the wildlife, dipshit. Does that clear it up?

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u/OKguy9re9 13d ago

Maybe you’re just confused, but middle of town in common language implies populated residential or commercial areas, not the geographic middle.

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u/Bryguy3k 13d ago

The geographic middle of sprawl is almost never the “center” but rather the center is the oldest (if there is a downtown) or densest area. This specific area is the opposite of dense and actually quite wild still.

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u/Knee_Fight 13d ago

Thanks for the unnecessary pedantic lesson, but my point was to explain what I meant when I said middle.

but never mind, apparently someone stating that they saw a bear is some sort of unthinkable crime around here. Clearly OP should apologize for bothering to say anything. First to the bear, then to everyone on this sub for forcing them to read such filthy language as 'be careful, I saw a bear.'