Governor Bev Perdue Has Close Encounter With A Bear
March 16, 2009
Zipper & Dosie NC First Dogs
North Carolina’s new Governor Bev Purdue last week had a close encounter with a black bear while visiting the Asheville area. The Governor was outside the western residence with her two dogs when the encounter happened.
“He was not more than 15, 20 feet away from me,” Perdue said Friday. “I almost killed myself. I turned around and ran. I almost left the dogs. I said, ‘That is a b-b-b-bear!’”
Perdue said she had scoffed at warnings of bears frequenting Patton Mountain until Wednesday night.
Settling in for her first night in Asheville, she got a call from a Highway Patrol trooper telling her a bear had been sighted.
Eaves and Perdue couldn’t figure out how to turn on their outside lights to check the backyard.
“We finally peeked out with a flashlight. There was this big ol’ critter. He was 200 or 300 pounds,” she said.
Dosie and Zipper, the first couple’s Tibetan terriers, were outside doing their business, so Perdue ventured out to the front yard.
“So there I am in my bathrobe with my leash. I didn’t even have the sense to put on good shoes,” Perdue said. That’s when she saw the bear up close.
Citizen Times
Bear encounters are on the rise and not unusual this time of the year when bears are hungry and looking for food.
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