Jeff Dennis recently captured the first two photos in Lake Linden and almost had an encounter with Momma Bear, even though he was sitting in his truck. He said while he was snapping photos of the cubs in the tree, he noticed Mom in the brush when she started coming toward him, so he quickly rolled up his window. But no worries, she just crossed the road in front of him. Then the two cubs climbed down the tree and followed Mom. Jeff’s video below shows them in action as they were making their descent.

The bottom two photos come to us from Cindy Griffin and were taken just a few blocks away from Jeff’s photos. Cindy was able to get a close-up photo of Mom and the cubs from inside the house as the trio walked through the back yard. Then she spied the cubs back UP a tree again.

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Great pics & videos!! Nice to see the bears out and
moving around. I miss the old bear pits/dumps, lol.

These bears are getting much too bold. U.C.,
if you live in Lake Linden, it's really not
that great seeing these thing around. If
they stuck to middle of the night visits
it'd be fine. But they've been spotted in
neighborhoods in the middle of the
afternoon. And one spotting was just one
street over from us. I don't mind the deer,
but these bears can be dangerous. Great
pictures, though.

AWESOME pics!

Back in the day, I went to the post office, while
I lived in Newberry. One local gent yelled "Donna,
come here"...I walked over to his truck, he
reached in and turned around and handed me a cub
in a pamper. What a little love! He wrapped his
legs around my neck and waist, like a little
human...he was just awesome. But he stunk. lol

Then a couple months later, a friend came down to
visit, and we went out to see the cub. It was
about 6 mos old then, and Dean had built a
beautiful log home with a huge circular staircase
in it, and there was the cub...chewing on the
bottom step. Dean's wife rolled up a magazine and
whacked it in the butt. That lil dude turned
around, got up on his hind legs and gave a holler,
and Jewel told him "Go get in the corner"...and he
marched over to the corner and stood there with
his head to the wall. Just the most darling thing.

And that's when Dean told us "if you are nice to a
bear, he'll be nice to you. If you are mean to a
bear, he's gonna be a bit meaner, to show you
who's boss", and now they own Oswald's Bear Ranch
in Newberry. No clue how many bear he's got now,
but at one time there were 65 of them there.

The Ranch should be open, and if you go now, the
cubs are new!
https://www.oswaldsbearranch.com/

There aren’t many bears here in Troy, Smokey.


But we do have a Big Beaver.

Deb, you mean you're not dabbing honey behind each
ear when you go for a walk?? :=))... JK

I guess I meant in the sense that, mom & cubs
look healthy, is nice to see. Wonder if anyone is
feeding them, bringing them into town?

Around here in S.E. MI, I have to worry about
Coyotes and my dog. I have 3 portable marine cans/
horns strategically placed around my home. They
are so loud but they do the job, neighbors I'm
sure love them too, lol. Amazon sells them for a
very reasonable price. I highly recommend them or
increasing the capacity of your 9MM magazine! ;-)

True Dat, Alex!! lol

Greetings Alex and all:

Yes, I recall Big Beaver / 16 Mile / Metro Parkway as well.

We have a lot of lazy "Bears" here that fumble around in the field, growling about not having a roof.

JT

Hey J T, have you had that sweet classic ride in the Dream Cruise

yet?