Yesterday, while mowing the lawn …
I was mowing the strip of “weeds” that is part of the property along the creek on the Pine Croft Road. I had my earbuds in and was listening to music to drown out the noise of the lawnmower.
Suddenly a plumber’s van pulled up and stopped. The drive unrolled the window and yelled at me to get my attention. He was clearly quite excited.
I killed the mower and pulled out an earbud so I could hear what he was shouting at me.
“Did you see that bear?” he asked excitedly.
“Which bear?” I inquired.
“That bear that just crossed the road. You nearly bumped into him when you backed up with the mower! He was huge.”
I just shook my head. “Nope, didn’t see him. I was watching where I was mowing.” Then I asked, “Did the bear have a collar on?”
“I think so,” the plumber replied. “It looked like he might have.”
“Oh! That old guy is around here all the time. He’s pretty old and harmless … never bothers anyone. Just passes through.”
The plumber just shook his head in disbelief and rolling up the van window, continued up the road.
Must have been this guy!
D.C. Gilbert 
I am sorry, Mr. Gilbert, but you will never get me to use the words “bear” and “harmless” in the same sentence. You are braver than I.
LOL! There may be another word for it ….
Last summer I saw a juvenile bear climbing a tree near Humpback Rocks Farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway. A guy near me called him a hang around bear beause the bear was just hanging around the Farm, mostly ignoring people. I got a great short video of him climbing a tree.
There’s lots of bears in them there woods! π
Definitely.
You’re still bumping into bears???
I seem to be lucky that way! π€
I’m glad he’s allowed to roam around unbothered by humans, but that is going to be a story that plumber is going to repeat time and time again!!!
Thatβs a fact!
Better watch those earplugs. I have heard that brown bears were aggressive. But I could be wrong. π
These are black bears. Fairly timid unless you get between a momma and her cubs!
I have heard some wild exchange stories on black and brown bears. All kinds of wildlife today are coming into the suburbs. That is scary. But I am sure they are coming for the fast food.
So, you only need to be faster than the other food! π
LOL!
What a close shave! π
Well sharing the same neighbourhood, just gotta bear with it, isn’t it? Take care, Sir. Stay safe.
Lol! Yep! Just got to bear with it! π€£ππ€£π Have a great day!
OMG. I would have been scared out of my wits after hearing about the bear! On a lighter note, I am sure the bear had sneaked in quietly to learn how to mow a lawn from you! π
I suspect the Bear never paid me any mind at all. π