Luke Caverns

I'm okay on the East Coast with just black bears. They're like rabbits. But, dude, a grizzly bear?

I'm okay on the East Coast with just black bears. They're like rabbits. But, dude, a grizzly bear?

I'm okay on the East Coast with just black bears. They're like rabbits. But, dude, a grizzly bear?

Have you seen the video of the guy who's up on top of this granite facing? And he's, like, filming. And he goes, there's a young grizzly bear down at the river below me. And he's up on this granite face. And he was like, I'm going to scare him off. And he goes, hey, bear. Hey, bear. And the bear goes and charges directly to him and knocks down all the little trees.

Have you seen the video of the guy who's up on top of this granite facing? And he's, like, filming. And he goes, there's a young grizzly bear down at the river below me. And he's up on this granite face. And he was like, I'm going to scare him off. And he goes, hey, bear. Hey, bear. And the bear goes and charges directly to him and knocks down all the little trees.

Have you seen the video of the guy who's up on top of this granite facing? And he's, like, filming. And he goes, there's a young grizzly bear down at the river below me. And he's up on this granite face. And he was like, I'm going to scare him off. And he goes, hey, bear. Hey, bear. And the bear goes and charges directly to him and knocks down all the little trees.

And it comes up to the granite face and it can't reach him. But I'm like...

And it comes up to the granite face and it can't reach him. But I'm like...

And it comes up to the granite face and it can't reach him. But I'm like...

He's headed right towards yeah, and if you're a good shot with a high-powered gun, you might be able to kill it But you'll be mauled to death.

He's headed right towards yeah, and if you're a good shot with a high-powered gun, you might be able to kill it But you'll be mauled to death.

He's headed right towards yeah, and if you're a good shot with a high-powered gun, you might be able to kill it But you'll be mauled to death.

Oh, it's terrifying. Could you imagine people trying to navigate into or migrate into the Americas and they have to deal with the short-faced bear and polar bears?

Oh, it's terrifying. Could you imagine people trying to navigate into or migrate into the Americas and they have to deal with the short-faced bear and polar bears?

Oh, it's terrifying. Could you imagine people trying to navigate into or migrate into the Americas and they have to deal with the short-faced bear and polar bears?

it's it's utterly insane man people lived in a gnarly place in the u.s like we had we had american lions bigger than the african yeah exactly we had elephants we had woolly mammoths we had camels here we had gigantic horses we had huge dire wolves we had giant giants giant oh there's a giant sloth caves in nantahala and uh you can see them and they're like carved out

it's it's utterly insane man people lived in a gnarly place in the u.s like we had we had american lions bigger than the african yeah exactly we had elephants we had woolly mammoths we had camels here we had gigantic horses we had huge dire wolves we had giant giants giant oh there's a giant sloth caves in nantahala and uh you can see them and they're like carved out

it's it's utterly insane man people lived in a gnarly place in the u.s like we had we had american lions bigger than the african yeah exactly we had elephants we had woolly mammoths we had camels here we had gigantic horses we had huge dire wolves we had giant giants giant oh there's a giant sloth caves in nantahala and uh you can see them and they're like carved out

And it's cool because there's multiple layers of history there. So you have this mega fauna ice age history of these huge giant sloth caves carved out in these prehistoric mountainsides. But the Cherokee used those caves to hide in to escape the Trail of Tears. Wow. Yeah, that's fascinating stuff up there, man. So you have like levels of history just in that one area of the country.

And it's cool because there's multiple layers of history there. So you have this mega fauna ice age history of these huge giant sloth caves carved out in these prehistoric mountainsides. But the Cherokee used those caves to hide in to escape the Trail of Tears. Wow. Yeah, that's fascinating stuff up there, man. So you have like levels of history just in that one area of the country.