Timmy Treadwell, aka BearBait, wasn't anywhere near PeteCO's brother's area. To be frank, Southeast AK, might as well be on the moon for as removed as it is from the rest of the state.
But I don't agree that black bear are the only bear issue in JNU. While it's totally true that this morning, the bear some of my co-workers saw at the Breeze In doughnut shop was a blackie, and that a lot of the bear encounters are black bears, there is usually a brown bear or two in the West Glacier Trail area.
I do definitely agree that brown bear encounters don't factor into my psyche when out and about in Juneau compared to, say about 20 minutes from now when I transit between the office and my residence here on Chichagoff. The chances of running into a large brown bear are simply always there on Chichagoff, and I'd have a tough time being out and about after dark in the woods.
Yes, I am a sissy.