I probably could have ended this debate a few years ago if I only had a camera on me... My buddy and I were driving to go turkey hunting and we were around Switzerland/Jefferson County line and I know it was a black bear I saw running through a field as it was getting light out... It was big, black, and ran just like a bear...

I had always figured the first official sighting would be in this area and would have never guessed in South Bend in a million years as I knew Kentucky did have bears in the Eastern part of the state but did not know that Michigan had any....