In our area of southeast Kentucky the bears are out in force this year. In the nearby small town my sons a police officer and they have answered numerous calls in this last week about bears being in the town and yards. They usually just keep people away and do the noise thing to run the bears back off into the mountains, although one idiot tried petting and feeding one and got his ankle bit for his stupidity.
Last night about 9:45 my wife and I were watching tv and one of her German Shepherds who was outside cut loose with the you need to check this out now bark! She opened the front door and screamed there’s a bear on the porch and slammed the door closed! I told her turn the porch lights on and when she did the bear turned and ran off with the dog hot on his heels barking. When it cleared the yard the dog ran right back to the front door and we let him in and kenneled him in the laundry room for the night. The bear was probably 75-100lbs, small fellow.