Bearfoot Looks At Denali Park: Nail-Studded Shutters On The Savage River Cabin Keep Bears Away
Copper River Country Journal
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In Alaska, Cabin Owners Keep Bears Out By Putting Nails On Their Shutters
Humans don't
have claws so they can fight back against bears. But this is almost as
good. Sharp nails are a classic Alaskan anti-bear measure, used for many
years by Alaskans who have left their cabins for awhile, and don't want
a nasty surprise when they come back.
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Nail-studded cabin at Savage River in Denali Park. |
Bears often
become habituated to humans, and search out empty cabins to ransack for
food when the human occupant is gone. The nails point outward and serve
as a deterrent. The Savage River Cabin is on the paved portion of the
Park Road at Denali National Park. You can drive there, park in the
nearby parking lot, and go in on a short trail to view the cabin. It's a
"real" cabin, which was actually lived in. It was placed here as an
example of Alaskan life by the National Park Service.
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