This was a BROWN BEAR!
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I beleive it was a brown phase black bear
Yah, my first thought was “this has to be one of those black bears”, known for having retreated in the face of a pissed off domestic cat (I have videos). But, geesh, a brownie!
Yes, it wasn’t a monster. Still, my first thought would be toss a plant pot or rock.
Nervy broad. Good on her.
Way back, Dad driving family on vacation from Mo to relatives in Ca. Stopped in Yellowstone. Cars all over the place as there was a brownie with two cubs. Everyone gets their cameras. But, one Mom didn’t keep eye on 8-yr boy who wanted a better shot. He snuck up on cub and slapped it on the butt — SMACK!! Everyone froze, Mom grabbed chucklehead son and everyone ran for cars. It was like watching a pack of roadrunners in a cartoon for all the dust.
Cinnamon phase black bear.
BOC
Black bears can be brown as well.
NO; that was a standard California Black Bear, just in a brown phase usually in spring or early summer.
If that was an actual BROWN BEAR, AKA a GRIZZ that girls dogs and the girl would have been turned into hamburger.
You can tell by the size, that mama san was no more than about 150 pounds, a GRIZZ, AKA Brown Bear would have weighed in at about 300 to 400 pounds, and that would have been just medium.