“A” Black Bear? Criminy- we have tons of black bears around us- and many many people hike and there’s never been an attack- perhaps some close encoutners- but no attacks- I had a close encounter myself- bear was over a hill, clapping it’s jaws at me- huffing- and ran off- i never did get to see it- I wouldn’t even want to guess how many bears I’ve walked past i nthe woods without even knowing it-
“A” bear was spotted- lol
*** “A” bear was spotted- lol ***
Now - if it were a spotted bear, then it might be newsworthy!
Hmmm - I did a search and couldn’t find anything on an actual species such as a spotted bear.
But - lots of places like Spotted Bear Ranch, Spotted Bear Creek, etc. So - I guess spotting a bear IS a big deal!
Although lots of those place names were in Montana. Manhattan I could understand it being a nameworthy place - but Montana? “Okay so go up the river until you hit that creek where that guy saw the bear...”