I was a middle-aged Pennsylvanian before I ever learned there are bears in Pennsylvania. The staff at a Pocono resort had to warn the guests that a momma bear was raiding dumpsters with two cubs. A few of us hiked off to see what we could see but there was nothing . . . until we got back and found a huge pawprint in the mud near one of the resort’s outer buildings. Still haven’t seen one in PA in the flesh though.
I was a middle-aged Pennsylvanian before I ever learned there are bears in Pennsylvania. The staff at a Pocono resort had to warn the guests that a momma bear was raiding dumpsters with two cubs. A few of us hiked off to see what we could see but there was nothing . . . until we got back and found a huge pawprint in the mud near one of the resort’s outer buildings. Still haven’t seen one in PA in the flesh though.