Black as the night......but scarier!

Let me start by apologizing for making a 'meal' out of what might really be a snack but the enjoyment is often in the telling.
2 days ago I was out walking on the road I live on.....not much traffic or population except the odd tourist on their way fishing when I saw something crossing the road about 2 or 3oo yards ahead of me.
Camera ready as always by the time I had realized it was a LITTLE too big for anything domestic it had 3/4 crossed the road and I zoomed hoping the animal would stay long enough.
Unfortunately my smaller Canon is not a very fast focus and by the time it focused the animal was gone...shoot anyway but DAMM!!!
That evening when my wife came home from work I told her the story and she asked me WHY I hadn't just taken a normal shot FIRST....then tried a zoom.....right!...no answer.
Last night I decided to review the pictures from the previous 2 days on that card and lo and behold....I HAD captured him!
He's not a fully grown adult but I he's too big for this year so maybe 1 or 2 years old...only about 200 lbs ( they can get up to 400 or so )but big enough to hurt you anyway!
Included is a picture I took almost exactly 3 years ago according the the embedded info at our dump...from the safety of my pickup....no zoom needed there!
I have seen in the past as many as 7 in the dump but now our dump burns everything and we no longer see many bears....too bad.