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Vol. 3 Issue 3
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August 2012
Bear Caught Me Off Guard It’s a good time to buff up on our “be bear smart” tips after my recent encounter on Monday, July 27. Here is my story. I was packing up my kids to go for a swim when I walked into my back yard and saw this big black animal 10 feet away in my neighbor’s compost pile. I thought that’s too big to be a dog... then it looked up at me and I said “bear?” I ran to the car to get my camera. By the time I found it and ran back to get a shot, I scared the poor thing and it started running into my yard where I was able to snap a picture of it going between another neighbor’s shed and garage. It headed towards main street so all I got was a picture of a bear bum! I jumped into the car, kids in tow, and we went to the police station to let them know. They were already aware and were chasing it as it ran between the station and a neighboring house. I headed to the train crossing on the #12 Hwy by the Co-op and waited... sure enough, here comes the bear over the tracks. I snapped another picture as the bear cut across the corner of a yard. I then snapped another picture of it in front of a tree. It then scrambled into the ditch
shocking, all at the same time. I never expected to see a bear in my backyard. But it does make sense -
where it stood on its back legs and looked like it was going to cross the road right in front of us. We waited but it didn’t come out. The police showed up and we pointed them in the right direction. The bear was run-
ning on the other side of the bullrushes, down into the ditch, then it took off into someone’s yard where the police continued to look for it. It was so exiting, scary, and
if they can make their way to Winnipeg, then why not Ste. Anne. Thankfully, my kids where packed in the car and not playing in the yard like they were minutes before.
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