Skip to main content

Sometimes even bears check the mail

Share

A father and son are sharing some photos from a brief encounter with a trio of black bears they saw when they were driving home from work in a small northern Ontario town on Monday.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. on Robb Road in Blind River, Ont., about halfway between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie.

A black bear was seen standing next to a mailbox in northern Ontario earlier this week. Sept. 26/22 (Jamie and Jackson McLean)

Jackson McLean told CTV News his dad, Jamie, pointed out the bears as they were driving.

"I turned and got a brief glance of the three bears and told him there was two more in the back. So he reversed back to get a better look," McLean said.

"We sat there for about two minutes taking pictures, and the bears were not scared of us at all."

One photo shows a bear standing on its hind legs next to a mailbox on top of a wooden post.

It happened while the men were parked about 10 feet away, he said.

"The lot that they were on has been abandoned for a long time now," McLean added.

Three black bears were hanging around an abandoned property in Blind River on Monday. Sept. 26/22 (Jamie and Jackson McLean)

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Do these exercises for core strength if you can't stomach doing planks

Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded core exercises, according to many fitness experts.

Stay Connected