There’s a Big Bear In My Backyard!

That is totally awesome in a 'stay out of the backyard' kind of way.

You sound just like Ray Barone :)

John any update on beer ?

They caught it or still he/she is free ?

My worst fear, could not imagine knowing that a 500 pound bear could be right outside my house. Keep Sally indoors and get some sort of motion detector. Hope it's the last bear that visits your house.

I used to have Pumas and Jaguars, visiting my backyard in a previous home. It is scary at first but one learns to love it and now I really miss it.

I am sure the same is true for bears.

I think I only see bears on the news nowadays, they're everywhere : )) I hope they won't visit me too soon, if they do I'll 1. call the police 2. film them

i can never imagine such scenario happening. my sister would scream. my brothers would wail. my mother would faint , my dog would squeal. lol .. okay maybe not that such an extent but it would definitely scare the sh*t out of us.
I remember one time we have this raging crazy lunatic dog rambling around the neighborhood and how it kept them and *me* COUGH* shut at home. talk about a bear now =P
but anyway, i hope you or the police managed to get rid of the bear. for your own safety of course.
cheers

Crazy stuff! Hopefully you were behind a solid door & window!

This makes my garden visitors look positively tame!! The best I get is a Squirrel or a Hedgehog.

They say we're getting them here in Coquitlam now, and they've been all over Port Moody lately. Everyone, keep your garbage in the garage or get a bear-proof container, too many bears get killed because of careless humans.

I think you need to just grin and bear it!
(pun intended)

Ultimate marketing maneuver: hang a sign on the bear's neck that says "pwned by johnchow.com".

Just had a family of them down in my area, but i'm about 800 miles south. Amazing creatures.

Don't worry, its not just Vancouver. There are bears in central Pennsylvania year round too. At least it wasn't a polar bear!

I am not sure that BC gets that much snow... you guys get the best weather. Ontario gets way more snow...usually.

Wow thats crazy, where I live we just get squirrels and chipmunks in our back yard.

Wow! I'm so glad I live in the UK. No wild bears here. :)

dot Com Mogul with beer in backyard :-) that beer harmless, god fearing creature to me.

That's what you get for living in a rich neighborhood. Your backyard is a zoo.
You get what you pay for right?

John,
That's really crazy! Definitely don't have that problem in California, but certainly have other ones...
All the best,
Ian

Wow that's cool and scary at the same time!

I wonder whether Sally Chow was there watching the bear?

Nabeel

lol! John why you didn't call the police when you saw it walking along Chartwell Street few weeks ago? Perhaps the bear heard about your big name and went to your house to say "Hello John Chow!". ;)

I would of started throwing food at him, until the cops got there lol.

I grew up near the mountains and black bears are bad news. Black bears are dangerous because they will attack humans with the intent to eat them (unlike grizzlies). Once they develop a taste for garbage they usually have to be killed because they will just keep returning even if they are moved miles away. They are unpredictable, can go from docile to ferocious in an instant, and can run as fast as a racehorse. Good luck!

WOWWWW...you must catch that bear and make the bear as your pet and you can write another story about dot com lifestyle... "I have a bear as my pet" :D