I played Red Dead Redemption for the first time today

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if you don't expect another bear to come up right behind you so it can literally rape you.

have you ever actually played this game
that's like minute 1 knowledge. "hmm I should probably know that's gonna happen again"

"if you don't expect it"
expect it.
always.
(ps it helps to stand on the cliff where the bighorns are with your back to the train tracks)
((or hide inside one of the huts))