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Grin and Bear It
Haven't mentioned this at all, so here's an update in convenient bulleted form:
- The
sharkbear is in theparkdevelopment - It has been seen pretty much daily, multiple times, for a week or more
- According to the ladies who've seen it, it's huge
- According to the DCNR guy who lives down the street, it's last year's cub, recently let loose from mommy's side, and is only 450 pounds
- He followed it to the bottom of my driveway, where it proceeded to walk into my neighbors yard and eat their garbage
- Yes, again. They still leave their garbage out
- Yes, they complained, picked it up, and it is still outside, less than 50 feet from where we go around a blind corner to get into the cars
- Mr. B is, for reference sake, approximately two bites for a large bear. Maybe three or four for a smaller bear.
- The PA Game Commissioner says they will most likely not relocate the bear
- They relocate bears to a location six miles away from here
- Bears travel 50 miles in search of birdseed, their prey-of-choice, or 49 miles in search of garbage, or 47.3 miles for any other edible foods
- I made up part of that prior item, the extraneous bit that didn't have to do, exactly, with traveling 50 miles for food
- The solution is to not put out birdseed for 3 weeks and to not leave your garbage out
- I didn't make that one up; they have it on good authority that the bear will wait 2 weeks and 6 days before it gets too hungry to bear it any longer (pun quite intended, no matter how cheap it was) and will walk 50 miles away to find more birdseed and garbage
- If you must leave your garbage out, disguise the smell of it with moth balls and ammonia
- The bear will not, under any circumstances, realize that it can get into most houses without really trying too hard, even though it can smell just about every food item in them
- Random Factoid: A woman used a chocolate scented leather restorer on the leather seats of her Ford Explorer. The bear broke two or three windows and peeled back parts of the roof so it comfortably dine on the seats.
- Despite the township insisting that no one should put trash out until 6am the day of pickup, several neighbors put their bear food down on the curb as early as 2pm the day before.
- Did I mention my next door neighbors leave the trash out 24-7?
- And that the bear, a repeat customer, has them programmed into his GPS as a point of interest?
- I thought I might have
- I will be working security detail tomorrow morning when
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aequitaslevitas puts the trash out - Security detail consists of singing, loudly, and, in case the bear is a patron of the finer arts, completely off-key, the anti bear song
hi!
Re: hi!
Me, I'm just going to sing the old classic: "I'm singinggggg sooooo the beeeeeeaaaaarsssss run awaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy from heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!"
Of course, it will be 6am so I may not sing it quite so tunefully. Might come out more like "ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" which should get 'em on the run even quicker.
I hope. =)
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Granted, it's not the bear's fault but if they will not relocate it then there aren't many options. Feral bears and children only mix when the child is the main course.
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If it were my neighborhood, I'd tell the police about this, I'd find out if there are fines for disregarding the time-rule and who is in charge of that. I'd call (daily if I had to) the DPW to report it and tell them (in writing) the situation and if they do not enforce their rule, I'd hold them also responsible should anything bad result. Then I'd cc to news outlets and the appropriate county/state depts -- i.e., MAKE A BIG STINK! -- about the problem. Certainly Mr. B and all of you are worth the effort, dangerous uncaring neighbors be damned.
You know how I am about "strangers" affecting my family's safety! I haven't changed.
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The bears were here, and our house was built on what had been their natural habitat.
Unfortunately, the rules regarding trash aren't something that involves fines and punishment, so there's nothing to enforce. And, umm, no DPW.
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However, you live there now and must protect your children. BTW, you do know I am a Darwinist, right? Which is shorthand for survival of the fittest -- which is why wooly mammoths, saber tooth tigers and, dinosaurs et al. are kaput. Sorry to say, but bears and other species may follow suit simply because of increased human population. Now, for me, choosing between a bear and a child is a no-brainer. You know what my choice would be,
There must be rules, laws and fines against endangering humans-- e.g., hunting laws, driving laws, not shouting "FIRE" (unless there is a fire) at a public gathering. Why are there rules about when to put out the trash without any back-up fines as there are in MA, NH and probably other states as well. I would expect all states have public nuisance laws. Putting out trash in a manner that increases danger to others and not caring to stop doing so when asked seems to me wrong. When it involves my family and neighborhood, then I would find a way to solve the menace -- err problem, even if it took a while.
How can you not have a DPW if you have trash collections? Who runs them?
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