When I think of bears, the images that immediately leap to mind are of the chubby, cuddly variety. You know, like Winnie the Pooh. Or all those cute social media videos, such as ex-Real Housewives Of New York City Dorinda Medley’s recent cam footage of a massive bear poking around Blue Stone Manor, her Berkshires estate, which prompted fellow Housewife Lisa Rinna to comment “Oh, so cool!” Not so cool are the scary bear encounter stories, of course. Luckily, the closest bear meeting I’ve ever had was when a stuffed ten-foot grizzly decorated the living room of a VRBO summer…
