Zippy and I are visiting my sister at her home in the Poconos. I was in the kitchen earlier today when I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. A quite large black bear!
When I shouted in surprise, the bear stopped and looked at me with absolute nonchalance and then continued strolling along.
This is only my second black bear sighting, the first was when we lived in Alaska and were on a hike up to the Harding IceField. That one was smaller and younger, and much more eager to get out of sight.
Not gonna lie, I’m very glad I was inside when this black bear paid a visit.

That was close!
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It really was close and seemed so large!
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I would be glad to be inside too. Scary stuff.
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I’ve been hyper-alert today, I think. Catching movement and turning to check it out in case the big guy came back. 🙂
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Thst’s a big one!
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I also thought it was big but my sister said she’s seen much larger black bears here. Yikes.
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Have you thought of camping out for a night under the stars…… oh wait!
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A belated HAHA, Jasper. Thank you for the greatly needed smile and laugh. 🙂
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Lucky you! I don’t know if it’s a she or a mother but I have to say, that’s a big mama!
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I’m here in belated agreement, Mara. That was one big bear!!
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