Right before noon yesterday I was looking out the back window of the house and I swear I saw an actual BEAR walking from north to south, outside of my back chainlink fence. I could see the thick black shape, with thick black legs. By the time I got closer to the window, the view of the creature's path was blocked from my view by trees.
I thought - aww, okay, what if it's just Niko (my big dog), so I checked, and Niko was asleep on the front porch. I stood on the back porch and looked out, and then I saw a deer walking by. I thought - there's no way a deer would just wander along the same path as a BEAR, is there? Yes, that's it - I must have seen a deer the first time, with really thick legs, yeah... shadows, yeah...
We have a deer carcass out in our front woods, and the other day I noticed it had been dragged about 3 yards from its original location. Yes, bears will eat carcasses.
In the evenings the dogs often bark at something off in the woods - I figured it was directed at whatever scavenger was working on the carcass never once imaging that scavenger could actually be a BEAR...
I think it really was a bear.
My critters mostly stay inside of the chain link fence, except for the cats. We just walked along the back fence and saw nothing definitive. The carcass in the front woods is almost down to bone, so that bear buffet is almost over. But now I suspect we know what dragged the carcass so far.
Although an older article, it shows that bears have been spotted out this way:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=9154045
"Are black bears dangerous?
Black bears, by nature, are not aggressive animals. They peacefully coexist in close proximity to humans year-round throughout North Carolina. The presence of bears in these new areas should not be immediately viewed as cause for alarm or fear."
Bears in Central North Carolina:
http://www.co.orange.nc.us/AnimalServices/documents/BearsinCentralNorthCarolina_fromWebsite.pdf
Black Bear:
http://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Mammals/BlackBear.aspx
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