Does a bear shit in the woods?
Posted
July 31, 2008 at
2:22 pm by
Tracy
This morning started off like any other:
Extreme iced coffee consumption, and a book outside while Paige played in her new playhouse in the yard.
Only this morning, there was a bear.
It started off innocently enough, I had just settled into an early morning phone call to my mom to bitch about stuff, when I turned, and beyond our little fence was a bear eating raspberries from our bush. For some reason, I freaked out, grabbed Paige, told my mom I had to call her back because there was a bear, dropped the phone, and ran into the house….
To tell my husband, so we could go spy on it. And we did, until the dogs saw it and started barking like Old Yeller post rabies. The bear, who we will call George was not even fazed, continued to waddle around eating leaves and what not, stopping occasionally to stand on a rock and look at us. I’ve never seen a “real live” bear and I’m pleased that they look exactly like teddy bears.
I’ve told about 100 people so far about George, and I will continue to do so. I MEAN HOW COOL. A BEAR!
[And after telling my mother in law, she told me to be careful since black bears eat people...]
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1. Kymberly said:
July 31, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
Well sure black bears eat people (buzzkill) but awwhggh how cute him is in his ittle teddy bear self right up until he is crushing your skull with his cute’em’s widdle teddy bear jaws …
So cool!
2. momof3_MOD said:
July 31, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
H o l y c o w!!! WOW! Well that would make me never let my kids ever play outside by themselves! How cute and scary all at once! Glad youre ok!
Makes me think of the movie the Great Outdoors with John Candy. The bears were sitting on top of their car so he threw candy bars at them to make them get off but all they did was eat the candy bars on his car! lol
3. momof3_MOD said:
July 31, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Oh and I meant to also say, in answer to your blogs name. No, the bear is probably shitting berries from your bush in your yard and not so much in the woods! YUCK! lol
Now theres a pile to clean! Time to make your ‘Honey Do…’ list! 
4. Rita said:
August 1, 2008 @ 8:43 am
I’d have mixed feelings, too. On the one hand, it is SUPER cool that you live near such wilderness and that there are bears right outside your house. On the other hand, bears are scary.
My parents (well, now just my dad, it’s so hard to get used to saying that) live in Tucson and they routinely have Bobcats outside their house. Tucson is very protective of its wildlife, so they don’t allow any hunting or harm to the wild cats, which is GREAT, but it’s still kind of frightening because those suckers’ll kill ya dead, too, just like a big black bear would.
5. Mary Beth said:
August 1, 2008 @ 9:44 am
Does a fence keep a bear out? Just wondering…
6. Rita said:
August 1, 2008 @ 10:25 am
Does a fence keep a bear out? Just wondering…
I doubt it would, since some bears can climb trees. An invisible fence that gives a shock might though. It wouldn’t hurt to look into some sort of device to keep the bear out of the actual yard. Because it might get comfortable and try to get inside the house. The Bobcats near my dad’s house have all kept a distance (except to eat pets that are mistakenly left outside, but to do that, they need to compete with the coyotes).
7. Tracy said:
August 1, 2008 @ 11:50 am
8. Allison G_MOD said:
August 1, 2008 @ 11:59 am
Does a fence keep a bear out? Just wondering…
I doubt it would, since some bears can climb trees. An invisible fence that gives a shock might though.
I think invisible fences that shock only work with a collar, like for dogs.
I wouldn’t want to wrestle Smokey the Bear down to the ground just to strap a receiving collar on him.
Not to mention getting it off him to charge it, and then putting it back on again.
9. Rita said:
August 1, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
That’s true. But, surely they have some sort of electric barrier thing?
10. Mary Beth said:
August 2, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
Allison G…that is hilarious. The visual of someone wrestling a bear to get a shock collar on it….I love it!
Maybe a paint ball gun would keep him away or at least out of the yard until you could get into the house.
11. SHS said:
August 2, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
First a swimming pool, now a bear. I am scared to imagine what is next!!!!!