Da Bearsssss

They're here. From the B'ham News:

Black bears are regularly appearing in the Talladega National Forest, leading biologists to speculate that the rare animals have moved into north Alabama for the first time in at least a century. ...

"One of the things that interests me about Alabama is that it's a large state with a lot of forest and relatively few people," said Joe Clark, a bear expert for the U.S. Geological Survey in Knoxville. "I think once bears find it, they're probably going to do well there."

Hmmm...guess they're kinda like Yankees in that respect. :)