Would've-Been Neighbor's Bear

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/bears/story/560712.html

The story at the link above happened next door to the house we tried to buy in Chugiak (the Log-Stucco house) before we decided on this one in Wasilla. The bear in the story was bigger than many Kodiak bears, and we would likely have seen him many times around the house if the seller had accepted our offer on that house. Big bear. Easy hunt - right out his back door! Though that area is only ~20 miles away from where we live now, there's a big difference in bear population. We didn't see any bears in or around Wasilla this year - but Anchorage/Eagle River/Chugiak had quite a few maulings. They should all (or most) be hibernating by now (which is what it is feeling like we're starting to do now that the days are turning darker and darker!). The picture below shows the house we offered on (the one under construction in the picture) and the house below & to the right of it that the guy in the story shot the bear from. Would've been our neighbor!


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