Bear have been seen in Ohio this year for the first time in many decades. Now, after a 100-year absence,, the elk have decided the Buckeye State might not be a bad place to do a little foraging:

http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/ohio-elk/

Not sure what I'd do if a 600-pound elk showed up to munch on Mrs. Skeptical's day lilies. Yikes!



All I know is, if Ohio was half as good at attracting business as it is wildlife, our unemployment situation would be a lot rosier.

S

I'm not sure what you'd do if a 300 lb white tailed buck was grazing on Mrs. Skeptical's day lillies.

Three times in my life, I've gotten close to deer (and I don't mean spotting deer with a spotlight from a car back in high school in Central Pennsylvania). Each time it was fascinating and I'm glad they were doe and not more aggressive bucks. I startled a deer while hiking, I startled a deer on a golf course down here in Texas, and this past summer in San Benito CA, my 8 year old and I got within 30 feet of a doe and her fawn. The fawn was fascinated with my kid and he was fascinated with it, they stared at each other for a couple of minutes before the fawn ran back to the doe.

The sad thing about the kind of industry we grew up with back East, is that it's all mostly gone to China. IT's being exported too, but there are still jobs here for that, and smaller manufacturing or specialty manufacturing can survive. It's just the big industries that cannot compete, despite Chinese product safety issues. If we ever get a true health care plan, then perhaps American industry can compete again with better quality control and more responsive products and services that are local and not offshore.