[IADCathy]

This Sat (3A on 25 Feb) my son (spending one night at our house in Laurel Valley) was awakened by noises outside his window. The motion light out back was also on. He went outside the screened veranda and saw a large black mound halfway into our bushes. What at first appeared to be a black "mound" was what turned into a bear that stood up to about 4ft that he was facing only a few feet away. The bear had torn out two black downspout extensions and chewed them at both ends... also pulled out a black hose from the reel hidden behind the bushes and chewed into that too. The bear bounded off when he met my son... in the direction of the center of our neighborhood and away from Arnold Palmer Golf course which our house backs to. What was funny was that at the time my son encountered the bear there was also a raccoon and red fox not far behind the bear as well. Some of our neighbors have come over to take a look at the huge teeth marks in the black plastic pipes.... they think the bear was looking for critters in them. What I am wondering is where he came from????