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...Mr. (Mrs?) Bear was at our house lastnight. The dogs were barking around 1 a.m. and then we heard the garbage tip over. Got up and looked out the window and sure enough, he was in the garbage!! He wasn't scared off by the dogs, or seeing us in the window gawking at him (5 feet away!). He was a pretty big guy, giant neck! I've never seen one that close up before. It was really cool, and really scary at the same time.
We watched him take something out of the can, walk about 10 feet and lie down and eat it - almost looked like a dog the way he did it! Evidence this morning pointed out that he scarfed down 1/2 loaf of french bread that I threw out, as well as a bunch of grapes. That's all the damage he did, then he trotted on to the next house. Woke up this morning and all the neighbors around us had their garbage all over their lawn.
This isn't unusual for our area. I've posted here before, there have been several "sightings" over the last few years. Before anyone says anything, we can't put the can away anywhere. We live in a little old hunting/fishing cabin with no garage. Everyone on our street is in the same boat, pretty much. The can is issued by our garbage pick-up and there's really nowhere to put a lock on it. We'll have to figure something out.....
We watched him take something out of the can, walk about 10 feet and lie down and eat it - almost looked like a dog the way he did it! Evidence this morning pointed out that he scarfed down 1/2 loaf of french bread that I threw out, as well as a bunch of grapes. That's all the damage he did, then he trotted on to the next house. Woke up this morning and all the neighbors around us had their garbage all over their lawn.
This isn't unusual for our area. I've posted here before, there have been several "sightings" over the last few years. Before anyone says anything, we can't put the can away anywhere. We live in a little old hunting/fishing cabin with no garage. Everyone on our street is in the same boat, pretty much. The can is issued by our garbage pick-up and there's really nowhere to put a lock on it. We'll have to figure something out.....