It seems to me, and I could be wrong, they are kind of a Montana tourist thing. Not that locals don't enjoy them, because they do, but it seems like every time I see them, it's either in the Airport in the "Montana" section or in the "Montana" section of the grocery store or a local gift shop.
I have seen a lot of crazy wildlife encounters in my life, but I've never seen anything quite like this. A wild video shows a bear running wild through the streets of a city, chase a guy on a phone, get hit by a bus and then everyone ends up OK.
In a recent Facebook post, the National Park Service said that you shouldn't run from bears, or push your slower friends down in attempts of saving yourself.
A mountain biker near Whitefish had a close encounter with a mountain lion and her cubs last week, and even though no one was hurt, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Education and Program Manager Dylan Tabish reminds hikers and mountain bikers to be aware of wildlife confrontations.