Did you see the national coverage about the black bear that attacked a couple in their home here in Cental PA? It turned out the bear had decided their dog was to be a snack and the dog took off running for the house. The husband heard the dog barking and went to open the back door to let the dog in and when the dog came into the house, the bear followed him in. Once in, the bear threatened the wife and the man got the bear off the wife. But then the bear decided to bite the husband on the back of the head and scratched up the husband's back pretty bad. The poor couple are doing a lot of interviews with national and international news people because it is so unusual for BLACK bears to attack humans. Usually they only go after humans if cubs are involved, but I guess this bear decided the humans were going to take his dog snack! I think the attack was in Dauthin County, PA and there have been a huge amount of bear sighting this year.
I think I would rather deal with snakes, thank you.