Man hits bear, lives to tell tale

An elderly man called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office with quite a tale. He said that a small bear, about 135 pounds, entered his Tamarack Woods Drive property. He said the bear was “small enough that he could probably wrestle it.” Eventually it got close to the back door, and the man said he smacked it on the nose. The bear took off, according to the man.

An attempted trailer theft occurred on U.S. 93 near Whitefish, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The owner said someone tried to hook onto his enclosed trailer and drive off, but it fell off the hitch just down the road.

The friend of a tenant at a Mount Aeneas Lane home told the Sheriff’s Office that the landlord just walked in one day and started taking pictures.

A Foy’s Lake Road resident felt his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when a county weed control employee set foot on his property.

Some stalks and leaves from a marijuana plant were found near a Coram dump site.

There was a man following and cussing at an elderly man on Parkside Drive, according to a witness.

The tenant of a U.S. 2 rental home near Kalispell was “constantly” texting the landlord asking for his security deposit back, even though a fire previously had ruined the home.

One witness said that a man stepped out of a car on Monroe Street wearing a cream-colored shirt but nothing else. He was naked from the waist down.

Someone reported two people drinking alcohol — specifically whiskey — in a U.S. 2 parking lot with a child in the car.

A group of “swim moms” were concerned about dangerous traffic at a West 13th Street intersection, according to a report from the Whitefish Police Department.

A woman called police because she believed her husband was kidnapped from the hospital.

Police took a woman in custody after she was accused of beating a man inside a pickup.

There was “severe damage” to a vehicle that crashed on Second Avenue West, according to the Columbia Falls Police Department. There were no injuries reported, however.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a robbery on Mud Lake Trail.

There were also reports of a grass fire on Crane Mountain Road.

Two vehicles died at the same time in the middle of the Idaho Street/Main Street intersection, according to the Kalispell Police Department.

A pair of men were reported to be sitting on a Third Avenue East North swing set, intoxicated and making rude comments toward women.

A man was slumped over the wheel of a car and passed out near U.S. 93 North. His foot was on the clutch pedal and the car was in gear. He was arrested.

Police arrested a drunken driver during a traffic stop on North Meridian Drive.

A moose was reported running across Grandview Drive.

Someone saw a small child pressing on a second-floor screen window on Windward Way. The caller thought the kid might press too hard and fall out.

A Sixth Avenue West resident found a mystery truck in the driveway with the keys in it. The truck didn’t turn out to be a gift, but rather an improper parking job.

Security footage allegedly showed two people pick up an iPad that someone previously dropped inside a Hutton Ranch Road business. The tablet was not returned.