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i want to run down a gravel path, feel the cold autumn air and see the orange leaves, feel the sun on my face as it stars to get dark. feel the breeze through my fur, feel my tail wagging, see the full moon.

I love being a werewolf

🪵 -- got to see a live black bear up close today! we are staying in gatlinburg currently and a nearby shop has a bear habitat! it's a lovely habitat and the bear there (named katie) seems very happy and well fed! she was so cute and i was so excited to see her, my heart was racing. i felt so estatic yet calm in her presence.

🪵 -- finally got to try a honey comb for the first time today! not a huge fan of the wax itself, but taking that bite and feeling the honey and wax squish in my teeth is so satisfying. the honey was exceptionally delicious.

🪵 -- the woodland environment and mountains here in gatlinburg are absolutely stunning, i've never seen anything like it. i feel very at home here, like i belong somehow even though i'm so far from home. knowing those black bears are out there, it makes me feel like returning to where i belong as i find so much in common with them.

🪵 -- my husband got some beef jerky from a huge gas station and it feels wonderful on my teeth, i love just ripping into it and chewing with my big bear teeth!

🪵 -- we got to see the mountains from up high today and being up so high and seeing them so vividly made me feel so much comfort. like there are miles and miles of grass and trees, how wonderful! i wonder what it's like to run through them.

🪵 -- we're decorating our bathroom in black bears when we return home. how cute it'll be! i love simple things like surrounding myself with my theriotype, even of it's just in silly decorations.

🪵 -- i feel a bit odd as a bear sometimes. for instance, i feel more active in the winter and fall than i do in the summer, whereas bears hibernate in the winter months. i hate summer in fact, too hot for me. but i do enjoy a good swim.

🪵 -- as an uneducated kid, i wondered how i could possibly be a bear if i don't like meat much. but little did i know that the diet of an american black bear is mostly made up of anything but! i still love to eat fish and prefer it over other meat, but berries, seeds, and honey are all much more appealing to me anyways.

🪵 -- did you know that black bear vocals sound a little like laughter? look it up on youtube some time, it's fascinating! those vocals are harder for me to perform unfortunately, so i mostly stick to more grizzly-like ones to still feel bearish.

🪵 -- i have the cutest little black bear backpack coming in the mail! i can't wait to wear him to tennessee! i desperately hope to spot a black bear there!

🪵 -- just watched brother bear last night for the first time in a while. i'm brought to tears when kenai becomes a bear, it really speaks to me.

🪵 -- we have a blackberry bush in our backyard that produces in the early summer months. i love to sit out there and pick them, it feels so natural. i often make them into delicious blackberry cobbler!

🪵 -- my experience as a therian is rather odd i feel. i don't have any proper memories of being a bear, but forest areas and places with lots of trees and foliage call to me in a familiar way. certain foods that bears tend to like call to me and tend to be my favorites. i have phantom shifts of little round ears and a small tail. i even get shifts in my hands as sometimes they feel like bear paws. i've always found comfort in bear motifs. it just feels right to be considered a bear.

self indulgent autumn black bear moodboard 🪵🍂🍁🐻

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Stewart, British Columbia

Taken September 2023

i live in southern illinois and recently there's been a few black bear sightings!! black bears are rare in this area but have been known to rarely be sighted here in the summer! i think there's been like 8 overall sightings in the past several years? but as a bear therian (and more specifically a suspected black bear therian) this feels strangely validating funnily enough! like bears haven't been native here since like 1870, but yet they find their way here in the summer sometimes! right here where i live! i only wish i could see these sightings in person, i know i would feel that connection right away like i do when i see a photo or even a plushie or something. Just something interesting i thought i should share!! this photo is from a local news network so it's a pic of one of the sighted bears!