MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he was chased and nearly caught by four bears that were raiding the bird feeders in the back yard of his rented Montpelier home.
Shumlin said he had just returned to his home late Wednesday night and gone to bed when he heard what turned out to be four bears in his back yard.
He says he looked out and saw a sow and two cubs. He tried to chase the bears away, but they kept coming back.
Shumlin says he ran out barefoot in an attempt to rescue his birdfeeders.
He says one of the bears charged him on the porch.
Shumlin told the Valley News editorial board Vermont "almost lost the governor."
He says he was within "three feet of getting 'arrrh.'"
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