Culled from the Police Reports page of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle come the best of the Bozeman police reports from the last week along with some items from the Sheriff’s Office.

It’s been nearly a month since the last police reports summary, at which time it was noted that bear activity may have reached a peak, but, since the local paper only keeps the most recent seven days of entries online, we’ll never really know if that was the case. Since that time, some locals were cited for taking down a bear with a bow and arrow here in town, so, my guess is that we may have missed the peak. There are no reports of bear activity below, however, it should be noted that,  yesterday, the #8 ranked University of Montana Grizzlies knocked off the #1 ranked Montana State Bobcats in the 115th edition of their football rivalry (details here), one of the best examples of “hyperphagia” ever seen in this town.

• An ongoing dispute between North Bozeman Avenue neighbors over snow shoveling resulted in a confrontation Tuesday morning.
• Two Hunters Way residents got into a slapping fight at 6:39 a.m.
• A woman chased a man down Montana Street with a butcher knife at 1:23 p.m.
• A drunken man drove onto the Bridger Golf Course and into a Story Mill Road resident’s yard. The man was found walking away from the scene.
• Police warned a homeless man around 2 a.m. after seeing him checking car door handles on Annie Street. The man said he didn’t want to steal anything but was just looking for a place to sleep.
• A deputy found a vehicle parked at the intersection of South 19th Avenue and Hyalite Canyon Road around 2 a.m. The deputy directed the one sober occupant to drive two intoxicated ones home.

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I have to admit that, when I didn’t know anything about the state many years ago, I thought everyone in Montana lived in a cabin out in the woods like the Unabomber. As it turns out, that’s not the case, though the perception persists, as demonstrated below (hat tip LW).

Of course, most of what is said here is inaccurate, however, I wouldn’t doubt that, at this time of the year, some bears hide out late at night, waiting to chew on your leg.

Culled from the Police Reports page of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle come the best of the Bozeman police reports from the last week along with some items from the Sheriff’s Office.

Hungry bears seem to have about taken over the town this month as this latest batch of police reports has a new record 11 bear sightings (at least, since I started keeping track) along with one report of a “bear carcass” that failed to make the final cut below. It would seem that bears’ “hyperphagia” stage is about to come to an end and, so far, these creatures have not interacted with the other group in town that regularly shows up in the police reports – late night drunks. Maybe next week…

• A mother bear and cubs were wandering around South Willson Avenue at 1:04 a.m.
• A man staggering eastbound on Huffine Lane was given a ride home at 4:26 a.m.
• A black bear was seen walking northbound near East Dickerson Street at 4:30 p.m.
• A drunken man kicked in a Sheridan Avenue man’s screen door, punched him in the mouth and then laid down on his lawn at 1:06 a.m. Police gave the drunken man a ride home. The resident declined to press charges.
• A black bear was seen “just chilling on the porch” in the area of South Sixth Avenue and West Alderson Street at 8:06 p.m.
• An intimidating older man in a Remington Way downstairs apartment was given a warning after blaring music at 12:31 a.m.

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