a real-life bear encounter!

avid 2Pz reader, amy, sent me these pics all the way from ScOtLaNd! if you can believe that. (the bears pictured are in america, just to be clear.)

and also a story:

"I thought you might like these pics of a bear that was in my parent's backyard this weekend...celebrating the 4th by pulling down their bird feeders, feasting on seeds, and then, in my mother's words, lying down like a big bearskin rug with his belly hanging out. My dad was going to get a closer look with the camera before my mother saved his life. That bear is huuuuuge."

thx amy!