On the main stretch of Evergreen -- State Highway 74 through downtown -- Little Bear Saloon has been a community institution for a long time. Patrick Robson has owned the bar for a couple years, and he's come to quickly understand how appropriate his business' name really is.

"(The bears) love this dumpster," Robson joked with CBS Colorado. "We finally got a locking system on there. They take their trash up there and have a picnic."

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While bear sightings are fairly common in Evergreen, they are typically seen in residential neighborhoods and in people's homes. When they make their way down toward town, they're on the hunt for some food. As they've become more accustomed to humans, business owners such as Robson and Brian Peluso, who owns Muddy Buck Coffee, are always on their toe

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