Kicker: Not the teacher’s pet

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Bear with me here. You’re a veteran teacher, getting your room ready for the new year. Looking good—new decorations, new flooring. You go to make copies and come back to an unwelcome visitor.

AUDO: There was a bear charging at me.

And a black bear at that.

It happened in the classroom of Elaine Salmon.

S-A-L-M-O-N … a bear favorite.

So she slams the door, calls her husband, a retired police officer. And they make a plan. Audio from KVUE.

ELAINE: He wants to get out.

IAN: I know, but how are we going to do it without being in the way?

Well, here’s how:

She taps on the window to distract the bear. Husband opens the door to coax him out. Eventually, he moseys right past while Elaine hides!

No harm to people and as for damage—just bear-ly any.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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