Twice a year, the sun lines up just right to create the shape of a bear in the shadows on a ridge in southern North Carolina. (Getty Images/ Michael Russell) Every autumn, the mountains of North ...

24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm.) Oil on canvas, 1960, signed and dated at lower right, presented in a period weathered wood frame. Stretcher size 24 x 32 in.; Frame dimensions 31 x 39 in. From the ...

BAY. IT’S LIKE A WHISKEY DAMAGING WINDS. YEAH. BEARS ARE MY FAVORITE ANIMALS. A FEW MILES WEST OF CASHIERS, NORTH CAROLINA, A QUIET TRANSFORMATION BEGINS AS DOZENS OF ONLOOKERS FROM ALL OVER GATHER TO ...

JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - It’s the season for spotting a unique natural phenomenon in western North Carolina: the Shadow of the Bear. From mid-October through early November, the ...

Whiteside Mountain information • Contact the U.S. Forest Service at the Nantahala Ranger District, 90 Sloan Road, Franklin, NC 28734, 828-524-6441. With its white-faced granite cliffs and outcroppings ...