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Flooded Bears Became A Town's Symbol
- New Bern residents watched painted city bear statues float through flooded streets during Hurricane Florence.
- Public works director Mat Montaigne and locals rescued and reinstalled a bear as a symbol of recovery and hope.
Playlists As Bear Deterrents
- Rob Dubbin caught a bear in his yard stealing peaches and built a podcast-powered deterrent.
- He played the Reply All backlog from a hidden speaker and kept the bear away for the season.
A Viral Walking Bear And A Controversy
- Pedals, a bipedal black bear, became a viral local celebrity filmed strolling neighborhoods on two legs.
- Activists raised funds to rescue him, but New Jersey officials declined relocation and Pedals was later killed during a hunt, provoking national outrage.