As I was scrolling though news articles today I see a headline that stands out, 'Bear spotted in De Soto'. My first thought is that this has to be in the rule areas of De Soto and no where near town, you can only imagine my shock with it was found on BOYD St! Apparently it was spotted walking through Walmart and Sonic parking lot and then down Boyd. Regardless the bear being a mile away from my house was way too close. I about fell out of my chair at work knowing that Lincoln would be getting off the bus in a matter of hours and would instantly become a snack for this bear when he took off running. After several attempts to trap the bear including a cage with donuts the bear was never caught. It hung around for about a week and then the police and Conservation club trailed it leaving town so they let him be. The public however in this week became more annoying than knowing a bear was loose. It is illegal to shoot black bears at this time so if you saw it you could not kill it. Everyone kept saying to just leave it alone and walk away and that it was not that big of a deal. I am pretty sure that if someone saw a black bear walking down the street while unloading groceries with the 5 year old and 13 year old standing there they would not be saying it is not a big deal. I was not really that scared of seeing it but I sure was scared the kids would and that they wouldn't react the right way.
As the news spread the Facebook post got more and more entertaining!
Here is another..
and the best ever...
This is what people would really do when if the saw the bear!!
Here is a picture that Kaylee took of the fox couple hanging out in our yard as well. Not long after this picture was taken a baby appeared too.
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