Not geocaching related but thread related...
I was a police officer in a very small town in north central massachusetts for a time. One day while on patrol I received a call to respond to a bear on Central St. Well sure enough they weren't kidding, I arrived to find a 150 pound or so black bear hanging out down town (maybe it was the sale at the grocery store) Only issue was, I was on Mountain Bike Patrol. As I approache he wandered off the other way. I followed behind and shooed him along (from a distance) until he made it safely back into the woods.