# Beware the bear **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-bear/589715 "2011-07-20T15:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-bear/589715/1 "2011-07-20T15:22:32Z")
I always giggle (in a manly way) when I see NJ license plates proclaiming “The Garden State” (heard too many Newark jokes over the years) - then a story like this pops up [about a bear in a suburban tree](http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/07/nj_wildlife_officials_remove_b.html). Very close to where my brother lives - my niece posted a nice little video/photo montage she took. I’m surprised that people were as close as her video shows - around here, I imagine that there would have been a three block evacuation. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-bear/589715/2 "2011-07-20T15:39:12Z")
Meanwhile in Shaver Lake, CA – [Bicyclist, 300-pound bear collide](http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/07/20/2108741/bicyclist-300-pound-bear-collide.html). ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-bear/589715/3 "2011-07-22T01:23:42Z")
“_Shaver Lake_? I hardly _knew_ her.” Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😃