Our Encounter With a Bear!

OK so now we are real Montanians (is that a word?) Yesterday we (me, Adam, and Ali) were getting into our car that was parked in the garage. The garage door was open. Adam had already gotten into the backseat. I opened the driver side door to get in and out of the corner of my eye I saw a large furry figure walking by probably about 20 feet away in the street right infront of my car. At first my brain said it was just a dog (we have lots of those roaming) then I did a double take and it was a baby bear walking by! I quickly went into don't-panic-teacher-mode and very monotone and quietly said "there is bear" opened the door and got in. Ali said "what?" and got out his camera phone and walked out onto the driveway. I was too scared to get out! My heart started beating so fast! He said "pull out -it went in someone's backyard!" so he got in and we pulled out and drove one house away from ours and sure enough there he was! He stood up on his hind legs and jumped over someone's fence. It was awesome to see him stand up like that. We pulled around the corner and saw an older couple walking and talking so we stopped to ask them if we should call the police. They said someone had already called and they were tracking the bear. We left and went on with the day. Later, Ali called me and said that Summer's school called and he had to go into to sign her out because they weren't letting the kids walk or bike home because of the bear. We watched the news but we never heard what happened. The picture I attached is exactly what it looked like. Could you imagine getting in your car and seeing a bear walking down the street!? Could you imagine sitting in your backyard and a bear climbing over the fence!?