Maybe it was today in 1801 when a bear swims the Ohio river in Monroe County. Two boys, William Henthorn and John Hilmore, row out to halter it with a chain. The bear has other ideas and climbs into the boat, which the boys abandon. Two locals use a raft to pursue the bear-laden boat and end the episode with a rifle shot. For years, whenever the boys took to bragging, friends suggest that maybe it was time to go capture another bear.
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