Crazy Bear Encounters as Seen by You

It's bear season, maybe you didn't know that but to me it's been quite apparent. Last year I wrote an open letter to the bear that keeps eating my garbage and this year I've already seen a bear on 3 separate occasions, and even in broad daylight. Luckily my neighbors upgraded their dumpster and I haven't seen a bear since. These bear incidents made me wonder what's the craziest places people have seen bears, so we posted the question on Facebook— here's some of the replies:

That's kind of bear encounter can be especially frightening, here's an article that has some tips for keeping bears away from your home.

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I'd tell that bear to catch its own fish. Just kidding, I'd try to escape and I'd probably poop myself a little.

I'm no expert on where bears appear in Missoula, but I think Gracene's right that that's indeed a crazy place to see a bear. Maybe it wanted to go shopping or something.

For people who don't watch sports, that's a solid baseball joke. He even got a couple laugh reacts, well done Kevin.

Bears don't care about your privacy, bears do whatever they want. Because they're bears.

I'd like to imagine this bear was trying to build a shelf to put his honey jars.

Here in Montana, it can certainly feel like that. They've been here longer than we have, and there's not much that can stop a bear from going where it wants to go.