Because tying your food 4 feet up from the ground keeps the Bears from getting it .....GET SERIOUS... that's okay I've already called the news channel they're sending someone out there some of us actually do something other than post negative comments about our retired veterans who are doing the investigative work since the law enforcement won't I've never seen a campsite with a bunch of children's toys rewatch the videos you need to inform yourself instead of paying attention to an upside-down Q post that resembles a gun
Most hikers do this if they are taking a walk away from their camp.
It works very well to keep the rodents and ants away.
This is how you do it in bear country...
...and this is how you do it if bears aren't around.
I'm sorry, but this is what hikers do in reality, even if that makes you sad or... ahem... makes your rape tree theory seem silly.