{"id":647,"date":"2019-04-29T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carcampingtips.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2023-08-01T05:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T10:58:52","slug":"do-animals-attack-tents-how-to-feel-safe-while-camping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/do-animals-attack-tents-how-to-feel-safe-while-camping\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Animals Attack Tents? How to Feel Safe While Camping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s completely understandable to feel nervous about camping. The lack of solid walls in a tent can be really unnerving, especially because of news articles and Facebook delivering the worst possible outcomes to our screens. There are lots of things to do to keep animals away, even if they approach, but it makes sense that our most vulnerable time is when we are sleeping<\/strong>, especially in a tent since there is little that separates us from the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do Animals Attack Tents? Tents are not a proven deterrent against attacks from large wild animals such as bears or cougars. A tent, however, serves as protection while you sleep from insects and snakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve wondered this myself, many times, as I’ve been camping in the wilderness and decided to do some research to help answer the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do Animals Attack Tents?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tents are not a guarantee of protection. There are a few instances of fatal bear attacks for people within tents. <\/strong> It’s likely that there are more instances that we do not know about. That being said, considering the odds of an animal attack in any circumstance can help answer the question of whether a tent can help in that regard at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you search around, most forum posts are only anecdotal whether or not you are safer within a tent or outside. So the most common answers to find an answer to whether you are safer inside a tent are mostly opinion based.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes sense. After all, it’s impossible to ask animals, and performing studies with people in tents vs. people out of tents for animal attacks would be completely unfeasible since attacks are so rare.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A further complication is that the data available is not comprehensive because people sometimes go missing without any explanation, and many incidents are not reported. Additionally, some of the data include Mexico and Canada, and some do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there is hope to find a reasonable answer. <\/strong>We can look at the data to find how likely an attack in a tent is against the data about attacks in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first question is to determine how many people should be a part of the numbers to calculate the risk of being attacked. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Maintaining Sanity with an Animal Outside the Tent<\/div><\/div>
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