“Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission stated this is the first recorded instance of a bear attacking a person in South Florida.”
Wow, I had no idea they had such perfect knowledge of what’s happened for thousands and thousands of years…
Heck The Michigan DNR refused to acknowledge the presence o cougars and wolverines in Michigan for most of my life, even with photographic evidence. Finally, several years ago, they admitted to the presence of both species.
Late one night back in 1975 my cousin, my best friend, and I were chased on our bikes by a wolverine on a paved road outside our village. We decided to tell no one as everybody said wolverines did not exist in Michigan and would have laughed at us. We were smart enough to know what the heck a wolverine looked like and that thing was not happy we were out there at night.