Bears around here, that grew up around people, are something different than wild bears. They walk the same routes night after night, push in thru screen windows, smoke cigarettes. They really lose some kind of inhibitions over time.
I don't trust them, out in the woods you know the story...but watching one munch azaleas while a Doberman barks like a banshee, in broad daylight,
inside of 20 feet....will change any opinion of them being elusive, or secretive.
They are curious, bold bordering on fearless, and too big to fool with.
