his human neighbors--and she seems to willingly volunteer.

pet them. Several years ago, we had a bear who wandered one neghborhood for several weeks. Nobody freaked, but nobody was stupid, either. "hey, Betty, grab your camera, the bear is headed your way." "oh, look, the bear slept on your lawn last night." But we do not pet, or feed, our bears. No Yogis here!

Please tell me that nobody who posts on this site has defended getting up close and personal with bison in Yellowstone. Can you please give me that tiny crumb of reassurance?

It's all fun and games till someone gets their arm ripped off.

County or sonething.

He aaid he saw bear cubs pkaying in his back yard and they were so cute he had to check them out.

All of a sudden, mama bear came busting through the brush like a freight train and said he felt hwr hot breath on his ass as he hid in the kitchen.

I've always suspected the last part was just good story telling. If she was that close he wouldn't be telling us about it.

With little kids.

in Gatlinburg. They wander down the main street with impunity, usually late at night though, and they regularly visit hotels, scouting to see if anyone has failed to secure trash cans or dumpsters. All the hotels routinely caution their visitors, as do restaurants, and residents have learned to live with them. But some people are just fucking STUPID! And as we all know, there is no cure for that.

And I think he liked me.