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[marilyn.monroe]

Bob Haskin said he was excited when he made a call to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources on April 20 to report his sighting of a black bear in Northwest Indiana.

The person taking the call wasn't as excited, according to Haskin.

"He said, 'There are no black bears in Indiana.' I told him that I know a black bear when I see one and that it definitely was a black bear," Haskin said in a recent phone interview.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20120429/SPORTS/204290341/Outdoors-Indiana-DNR-won-t-believe-black-bear-sighting

Bear or no bear? Doesn't seem that odd.

[BigRedDog]

And the Michigan DNR has said for years that there aren't any cougars in Michigan either

[BigRedDog]

Bob Haskin said he was excited when he made a call to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources on April 20 to report his sighting of a black bear in Northwest Indiana.

The person taking the call wasn't as excited, according to Haskin.

"He said, 'There are no black bears in Indiana.' I told him that I know a black bear when I see one and that it definitely was a black bear," Haskin said in a recent phone interview.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20120429/SPORTS/204290341/Outdoors-Indiana-DNR-won-t-believe-black-bear-sighting

Bear or no bear? Doesn't seem that odd.

Here's a picture of a Michigan black bear near Greenville, MI.  Google maps says it's 210 road miles from Greenville down to Roselawn, IN.  Probably 180 "as the bear walks"   I wouldn't be completely surprised to see a bear right here in our area

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/photos-black-bear-seen-roaming-through-west-michigan-neighborhood



Reference map:

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.11045,-84.96826&z=8&t=H&marker0=41.14531%2C-87.26646%2C7.9%20km%20N%20of%20Fair%20Oaks%20IN&marker1=43.18115%2C-85.25940%2C0.7%20km%20NW%20of%20Greenville%20MI

[Frenchfry]

Video OF First Bear Ever Known To Have Set Foot On Cape Cod

[Mike Ingels]

Black bears have been sighted and confirmed in Dexter and Manchester in Lenawee County in recent years.  And the link below is about a bear in Lucas County in Ohio in 2005.  That one may have also been in Hillsdale County.  There is no reason that a bear couldn't be in Indiana.  Shoot, a few years ago a tagged wolf from Wisconsin was found dead at the Indiana/Ohio border.  That wolf went all the way around Chicago.

http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2005/07/08/Black-bear-reported-in-Lucas-County.html

[marilyn.monroe]

Black bears have been sighted and confirmed in Dexter and Manchester in Lenawee County in recent years.  And the link below is about a bear in Lucas County in Ohio in 2005.  That one may have also been in Hillsdale County.  There is no reason that a bear couldn't be in Indiana.  Shoot, a few years ago a tagged wolf from Wisconsin was found dead at the Indiana/Ohio border.  That wolf went all the way around Chicago.

http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2005/07/08/Black-bear-reported-in-Lucas-County.html

Wolves can run 100 miles without stopping! I wouldn't be surprised if there are black bears around. I hope I don't meet one hiking. I try to walk loudly lol.