A bear in Winston-Salem

Over the weekend the Winston-Salem newspaper reported numerous bear sightings in the area between Country Club and Robinhood Roads, an area where the blog often walks. Tuesday morning's paper reported that the Winston-Salem police shot a bear to death on Monday night in a yard off Robinhood near Shattalon. The blog is not surprised, as it would be easy for whole armies of bears to move through the densely wooded gorges along the numerous creeks that collectively create an extensive (if fragmented) wilderness zone within the city. These wild areas are another underappreciated aspect of Winston-Salem hidden in plain view. The blog walked very near the area the bear was found in summer 2008, but has not been back there this summer (yet). No walk on Monday, as Jon was off working hard on getting the production of Dead Man's Cell Phone ready to go on Thursday.