Goin' On A Bear Hunt

We got an interested call this morning at 6:30. It was the Monrovia Police Department. They wanted to confirm that we lived at 336 North Ivy. I said yes I do - and the dispatcher said that she wanted to let me know there were several armed police officers in our back yard because they had spotted a bear running down our driveway!!!!! I of course ran downstairs, dad of course ran to get dressed - we think so differently. When I came down I saw several officers cautiously walking around the backyard with huge rifles drawn. They looked in the playhouse, in the garbage/recycling opening, behind the garage and then they split up coming down both sides of the house toward the front. I ran to the front door and there were four or five police cruisers with 4 or 5 more police officers all with huge rifles standing in front of our house. I was trying to listen to what to what they were saying while staying cautiously inside - they talked about watching the bear take off fast, not finding it, then they all got in their police cars and left. I don't get it - a bear runs down our driveway. They never see it leave - and yet they leave???? Rachel darted out a few minutes later to get the newspaper - under the peril of her life - but we are all a little nervous to leave. I didn't have the presence of mind to get the camera - or I was to intrigued by the whole thing - but just to let you know that bear at the top of the page - is from Google image!!!