About 20-25 years ago I was in a club in Bibb county. The old slab was at the south end of our place. We ended up getting several bears on camera which was crazy back then! Game and fish sent out wardens to do hair traps. Used fly paper type stuff over bait. They had documented 3 different bears. Said they came up the rivers from the mobile area all the way up to our place on the Cahaba. They actual stayed for about 2 years and then moved on. They said it was very rare for them to stay in one place for a long time.