bears

This is one of the sad stories that is the result of the growing bear population in Missouri and their encroachment of their habitat closer to where people live. A bear cub was spotted lost in a Springfield, Missouri neighborhood. Later, the little cub was struck by a vehicle on a nearby freeway.

There are two interesting pieces of information to share with you. 1. A black bear was spotted near Salem, Missouri. 2. The police are advising that citizens not wrestle it. Both of those statements are remarkably true.

There have been very recent reports of a bear near Festus, Missouri over the last few weeks and that has sadly led to a confirmation that a vehicle struck and killed one of these animals on I-55 this week in that area.

When you live in Missouri, you never know what you might see out of your window. For one man in the Show Me State recently, that sight was a bear who was casually strolling by in Festus.

It's still a great time of year to look for mushrooms in Missouri. One man did just that, but instead of a tasty morel to cook he ran into a large apex predator instead.

I had no idea this was possible, but it is. You can hypothetically run into a rabid bear in the Missouri woods. Camping will never be the same again.

There are only a few places in America that this is possible. A homeowner shared a new video showing quite a sight in their backyard. It was a bear mom and cubs napping and cooling off on a rock and I have to wonder out loud if this was in southern Missouri where the bear population is exploding.

I have to wonder if this Missouri black bear was in the mood for love or if it was purely by accident that he casually strolled by a proposal tree as captured on video by a trail camera.

If you love log cabins and also enjoy bears, there's a log cabin you need to see in Missouri's Ozarks. It quite literally has bears in the ceiling, but there's no need to be afraid.

The bear who escaped his enclosure at the St. Louis Zoo twice in the past few weeks will be escaping again soon, but this time it's planned. Ben the "escapee" bear at the St. Louis Zoo is being sent to Texas.