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\nWhile I don’t have the photo to prove it (I’m not fast enough), we saw a flying bear this past weekend.<\/p>\n

Visiting our friends at their remote, rustic cabin on the east side of Flathead Lake, we in fact saw eleven black bears. This is a common occurrence for our friends, but we have never seen so many bears in the wild.<\/p>\n

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When we left at sunset, they told as watch for running bears escaping from the nearby cherry orchard. Indeed, we encountered just that. Bears shapeshifting under electrified wire fences and one bear appearing to fly off of the top of very tall fence. And these were not little bears.<\/p>\n

Apparently, our approaching car made them fearful that they were going to be shot at — likely a message they have received from the orchard owner.
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\nIf you have an interest in “flying bears,” I coincidentally wrote about them in my book, Searching for Alpha Centauri in a ’64 Chevy<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I guess our friends get frequent grizzly visits too, so they usually pack heat while walking their property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I don’t have the photo to prove it (I’m not fast enough), we saw a flying bear this past weekend. Visiting our friends at their remote, rustic cabin on the east side of Flathead Lake, we in fact saw eleven black bears. 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