Yes! If you want to see a bear just come sit in the middle of Stowe for a while. Won’t see them in the mountains but the funniest thing is I haven’t seen a deer this entire summer but see a bear several times a week or see that it’s been around.
This could be the same bear at Alpine Mart, I’m only like 1/2 mile from there up the Rec Path by Sushi Yoshi.
We are all certain they are just playing connect the dots between the businesses/restaurants around here. Every dumpster is just mangled, all the garbage cans along the Rec Path and those parking areas are emptied by bears daily.
The town and state are now starting to take it more seriously, as the Game Wardens pretty much told us there’s not much to do except make their experience as negative as possible and to call them if a bear tries to gain entrance to our residence, lol. Other than that, enjoy the stray bears. 10 years here and never had a bear, this summer they are like stray dogs in a European city.
My concern is what happens in future years when these youngsters become 350 pound adult males and come here for food.