No lions, No tigers, but what about bears?Oh my!

So I'm walking a long, long driveway here at my father-in-laws in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I do my 30 minutes every morning, but have recently opted to walking in town, amongst the gift shops. Yes! I do my walk first, then onto the Internet cafe. And from today on, I think I'm limiting my walks to here in town till we leave. NEWS FLASH>>>>>BEAR KILLS DOG NEAR SCHOOL, LAST NIGHT, not far from where we are!! Okay, that's all I needed to hear. The only bears in the quaint little down town area are the cute little hand carved ones in the store windows. I can deal with that. ; )