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Full title: North Carolina 3-year-old Casey Hathaway says he hung out with a bear after he vanished from his grandmother's backyard

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]

[ExSES]

While Bizarre. there have been numerous events involving various mammals looking out for lost humans. Feral children (not “Youts”) have been found for centuries!

[PCPOET7]

my guess is that it was a juvenile bear about two-three years old that was not hungry. my experience with bears when I lived in Alaska was that the bears that age tend to still wana play like cubs and are very curies. anything older or hungry and I don’t think the kid would be alive. kid is lucky that the bear did not use him as a toy....A guardian angel was definitely working overtime for two days.

[RegulatorCountry]

Eastern North Carolina is home to the largest black bears on the planet, with some reaching upwards of 800 lbs. As recently as 2014 a teen on his first hunt was surprised by a 640 lb. black bear, it was his first kill. The bear population has skyrocketed in recent decades, it's not at all uncommon to see them to the point that there are caution signs for bear crossings as you'd see for deer in other parts of the country.

Nearby New Bern, settled by Swiss in 1710, has a really strikingly medieval-looking town flag, derived from their namesake, Bern Switzerland. "Bern" means bear. These flags as well as banners and bear statues are all over town. The high school mascot is, of course, the Bears.

[Vermont Lt]

I hope everyone understands that “bear” is a term used for a big hairy gay guy.

Just saying.

And if this kid was found 120 feet into the woods one has to wonder just how hard these volunteers looked or how they were directed.

There is a lot about this story that screams bullshit.