Driver in Wright County, Missouri Shares Video of a Curious Bear

If you've ever wanted to see a bear close up, you should see video that was shared by a driver in Wright County, Missouri who realized that just outside their window, a curious bear was staring right at them.

Since this is a YouTube short, there's no time stamp indicating exactly when this video was captured, but it does say that it happened in Wright County, Missouri which is located in the bear-infested part of southwestern Missouri. The county is east of Springfield and south of Fort Leonard Wood and there are bears there. Here's video proof.

"Hey, bear". By the way, Wright County, what's up with all that trash in the ditch? No wonder there's a bear rummaging through the refuse looking for food scraps. That's sad. This looks like a young immature bear although it's hard to tell.

This Missouri Department of Conservation shows in the bear range map that Wright County is no stranger to bear sightings.

Normally bears shy away from human contact and won't normally become aggressive unless they feel cornered or if it's a sow with cubs. You definitely don't want to get close to a bear in Missouri under any circumstances, but definitely not if it's a bear mama with young ones.