The Yellowstone Safari Company on Saturday shared heartwarming footage showing a sleepy black bear gathering material ... “Sleep well, little buddy, and we’ll see you in the spring.” ...

"They chased the bear up Eckert Avenue and it came running up all in front of our house. It was really cool," she said, "and it just wasn't a little black bear. It was a big black bear!" ...

A neighbor shot and killed the bear after it knocked Andrew Neirer to ground and started biting and scratching him.

A smaller black bear can be seen on security camera footage ... "She only minorly got me, like I got a little stitch on my arm and some scratch marks. I got lucky, I'm not hurt, I'm not offended ...