Don’t Push Your Friends Into Angry Bears, Warns National Park Service

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However, this is far from the first time the agency has advised against sacrificing friends in an attempt to evade a bear attack. Last August, the National Parks Service shared a post commemorating National Friendship Day, issuing a The Office-themed PSA against the evidently all-too-common practice. 

“’For the longest time my best friend was my grandmother. And then she met Harriet. And now she thinks she better than everybody,'” began the post, quoting Michael Scott, alongside a minimalist poster reading “friends don’t use friends as bear bait.” “Better than others or not, be nice to friends, grandparents, neighbors, bears, and your fellow park goers.”