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VIDEO: Four bears enter woman’s back yard

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What do you do when four bears enter your back yard?

If you step outside and shoot video, you may just live in Polk County.

Reggie Jay had just returned from backpacking 450 miles on the Appalachian Trail when she noticed the bears outside her home July 1.

She saw only two bears on that hike.

As soon as the momma bear started toward his porch, Jay shut the glass door and she stopped before turning back into the woods.

Jay lives on the edge of the Cherokee National Forest.

Video courtesy Reggie Jay.