A North Carolina woman found a bear on her vacation home porch. And at first, Debbie Tomlinson pounded on the patio door, but the uninvited guest was not fazed in the slightest. Fortunately, the homeowner is a retired teacher and was able to use her stern “teacher voice” to scare the bear away!
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She says it was like speaking to one of her misbehaving students when she taught the 10th grade.
“I didn’t have to use my teacher voice very often, I had wonderful students.” But it’s coming in handy all these years later!