Today in nature I saw

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Bear with me!

Last night, when I was walking back to the house with the dogs, I saw an odd shadow in the beam of my flashlight. It looked like the shadow of the neighbor’s van against the wall of their house, but as I studied it more, I realized that it wasn’t a shadow - it was a big bear! The bear was only 20’ away from my front door, so I decided that trying to go inside with the dogs was probably a bad idea, so I went across the street and rang the neighbor’s doorbell. They came to the door, and I pointed …