Bears

I just realized there are bears in my area. I don't mean living next door, but within the general vicinity. I had no idea, but I found this website where people post sightings of them. Well neat, but I don't want to run into one obviously. For some reason this is on my mind. Does it have anything to do with the stock market's ups and downs? Don't think so. Just a weird fact. Should I put a bear in my novel? Maybe I need more sleep so I stop obsessing about things. Tomorrow--the alligator post.