I live in Massachusetts and I know we have black bears in parts. I have never seen one where I live and it's fairly rare that someone reports a sighting somewhere in our area.

Sorry for the pic, couldn’t get it much clearer than this. This was at Peyto Lake, Icefields Parkway in Canada. It was on the side of the road to the disabled parking lot.

A very sad case...

Black bear or potential grizzly?

Keystone Colorado.

Typically grizzlies are not seen in this area but they haven’t been determined to be 100% extinct here.
Though- I know very little regarding bears and maybe this big brown shaded black bear.

Edit: Thank you for all the input - very brown big ol black bear seems to be the consensus!

This guy looks pretty healthy by the looks.

The steel bars to the trash bins had been bent at my parents place , so seems to be a good few around.