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The Georgia black bear roamed around
Looking for food to eat
Maybe a place of warm safety
And some edible meat

Inside the warm house he feels safe 
But a woman is there
It was his mistake to choose this place
Into other's eyes did stare 

Then the bear did attack full force
He bit into her skull
He broke her arm and her leg into
Her Chihuahua did not mull

The barking Chihuahua ran the bear
His owner now safe, secure
Help was on the way to ease her pain
Though now she must endure

I told this story to my grandson
Who was taking it all in 
He looked at me and said, her thoughts
The bear must have eaten 

It was on the news about this story of the woman, bear and Chihuahua. They said on the news how if a bear comes at you to stand your ground look large and make a lot of noise like the Chihuahua. I think that God was looking after that woman to save her life.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 12/27/2018 7:03:00 AM
Very interesting story behind your poem, Sara. We have black bears here too and they've even been found in swimming pools. On TV I saw a couple people bang pots and pans from their camp site and the noise scared off the bear. Enjoyed reading!
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Sara Kendrick
Date: 12/27/2018 8:46:00 AM
We have black bears mostly in north Georgia which gets fairly large but not as big as Grizzly or Polar and then there is some in south Georgia but it seems they are getting closer and seen here more often. This bear was in and around somewhere in a county near Macon and also a woman hit one with her car in that same area. It weighed 500 lbs. and it totaled her car but she was not hurt. The bear was killed. Sara

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