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Late summer is berry season, which means it is also bear season. A 51 year-old man mountain biking in Banner Forest (near Port Orchard on the Kitsap Peninsula) was attacked by a male black bear last week. His dogs were running ahead of him, and he heard them barking. He turned a corner, and was face-to-face with the bear, which then attacked him. Attacks by black bears are remarkably rare, which makes the situation all the more puzzling. Miraculously he survived and is in good condition, and both dogs are alive and well. Every mountain biker, hunter, hiker, random person that Seattlest knows seems to have their own opinion: he shouldn't have had his dogs off leash, shouldn't have been riding by himself, he was in a freaking "Forest" what do you expect...and so on. more ›

--Got some loonies lying around? They may be spying on you. more ›

There's a rising uproar over a doctored photo of candidate Randy Neatherlin for the 35th Disctrict that went out with a Democratic mailer right before the election. Obviously the Democrats contend that the photograph wasn't intentionally changed to make Randy look like a lecherous drunk, but if you look at the photographs side by side he obviously comes across better in the picture from his site (left). To our untrained eye it does look like his left eyebrow is a little more arched and there's definitely some splochiness around the center of his face. His intricate facial hair looks a little worse in the Democratic copy as well. more ›

The much-fretted-over population of the southern resident orcas is on the rise, according to the Kitsap Sun and the fabulous Cascadia Scorecard blog. The gains are due mostly to five newborns in 2005 and seven since October. more ›