I remember back in the early 2000s they swore up-and-down there were no black bears in central Alabama to say so meant you were crazy. In fact, I think I remember that same mindset on here. Meanwhile, I knew people who were seeing them in their yards people were seeing them driving down some of the back roads over here where I live and then one day on highway 5 someone had hit one. About a month later they came out and said yes, there is a small population of black bears in the West Blocton area due to the abandon mines. This isn’t big foot that we’re talking about we’re talking about it’s animals that we know for a fact live in bordering states.