Big thumbs up!!! http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newshound/colorado-hiker-sings-opera-fends-mountain-lion-attack Opera. It's not just for the artsy-fartsy types in life. It's real, it's an acoustical phenomenon and yes, sometimes it is quite LOUD. The reason for this thread is to inform over a real event that is relatively recent. I'm Statistikhengst, and I approved this message.
I would be more likely to encounter a bear but now I know to just sing instead of scream....my singing voice can peel paint off walls....
Opera may indeed make your life longer, but what is the point of that if that added length of time includes opera? I know that the two operas I saw made it seem like time had slowed down and it certainly seemed like I was living in a sort of reverse dog years time inversion. Every year of opera is like seven years of real life.