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'Can I believe my eyes here?' Bear saunters across yard of southern Illinois home
COBDEN, Ill. — Valerie Brooks Wallin got a jolt to her system moments after she woke up around 7 o'clock Wednesday morning and looked out her window. A black bear was sauntering around in the yard of her home about two miles from Cobden and near the …