Same applies to snakes and sharks… Lots more out there that you don’t see…Certainly seem to be a lot more in BC and AB this year, probably 6-8 that I'm aware of this year. There agin too, with them not being hunted, there are just more bears too, along with a bunch of people not paying attention to warnings and their surroundings. I expect there are likely more bears seeing people, and not bothering with them, than people seeing bears too.
I don’t recall who it is on the forum but they have used the tag
“What does not kill you, will make you stronger… Except for bears… Bears will definitely kill you…!!”