WPCNR PRESS BOX. November 8, 2009: The Black Bear's back! The Black Bear restaurant used to have a black bear mascot, who used to stand outside the restaurant. Mysteriously the bear wandered off one day two years ago. But this week, as of Thursday, the Black Bear returned to his job as Bear Maitre d' and the friendly confines of The Black Bear Saloon on Mamaroneck Avenue.

The Black Bear, "Unofficial Headquarters  and Saturday Clubhouse" for the University of Michigan Alumni Association, where the Maize and Blue crowd gathers to watch their beloved Wolverines on the Big Ten Network, welcomed their bear back. Here the Black Bear with a Michigan hat encourages the Wolverines against Purdue.

Ryan McBride, one of the Managers of the Black Bear welcomes back the bar's mascot. McBride said he believes the bear hibernated for two years, did not have his GPS, and wandered back thanks to a good samaritan who brought the bear back home.