Wildly!!! While I was tapping out the last missive I was distracted by every dog in the neighborhood going nuts! As the baying, barking, and whatever you call the other sounds dogs make increased I looked down the road in front of my house and watched a brown bear, probably a young boar, but maybe a sow, turn the corner at the bottom of the road. A few of you have been here before and know what I am talking about... Anyway, due South, it turned up the hill, due north, headed toward my house. About 80 yards (halfway here) it cranked a left into a row of houses and was gone from sight. The pack (six mixed dogs) shot right past the turn and up the hill. A few minutes later the bear crossed the road right where it made the first turn I saw and wandered down over the bluff. I can still hear the dogs to my NW barking...