That may have some merit in the Rocky Mountain West where grizzlies haven't been fair game for over 30 years, but I sure don't believe it to be true in Alaska. Almost every grizzly I've ever seen has been high tailing it in the opposite direction. Up here they're liable to get hung on a wall and they know it. There's hundreds if not thousands of people that hunt blacktailed deer, mountain goats, and caribou [feral reindeer] on Kodiak Island every year. If the"dinner bell theory"were true every bear on that archipelago wouldget shot as DLP (defense of life and property), and it'd be a pretty well know phenomenon. I think it's more likely an occasional coincidence that can be traced back to a bear's inherent curiosity.

AK Jeff