# Today in nature I saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854 "2020-07-20T18:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3247
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/3247 "2024-07-18T16:35:45Z")
> [@Bear with me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-with-me/1004418): > > 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 … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854)._