Around here bear are a common occurrence. Garbage cans and bird feeders are the main attractions. Some stupid people even feed them. Then they get angry when they come home to a mama bear in their kitchen. It HAS happened.
One of the odd things you see is claw marks and deep gouges in power poles with transformers. Story is the bear think the humming and vibration are insects in the very round "tree". They claw away at it to get at the bugs or possibly honey.
It's cool to see all the bear hair caught in the splinters of the pole.
