It seems like every other day there is a news story about bears getting into someone's home or roaming around in their backyards searching for food. Where are all of these bears coming from all of a sudden? There have been whole families of them showing up on a frequent basis on people's property.
It's not that bear sightings are extremely rare or anything, it's just that these new sightings are happening way too often. It kind of makes you wonder what's going on in the environment.