Lions, tigers and a bear ... oh my!

NEPONSET — The black bear that has been playing hide and seek with western Bureau County residents since June 26 has made another appearance. “I was driving down the Kentville at 7:30 (p.m.) last Friday, coming home from the Kewanee Sale Barn,” said Ron Miller. “I saw this large, black figure ahead of me on the left-hand side, standing at the edge of the corn.” It was the wrong shape to be a horse or a cow, but when Miller got to about 50 yards away, he figured out what the figure was. “I thought it was the black bear that had probably been seen at Sheffield, so I slowed on down and stopped,” he said.