That would be bear scat. If or when you come across it, head in the opposite direction! :o)
Black bear scat has been known to contain tin cans, pizza boxes, watches, tent screening, zippers, motorcycle chains and even crushed hubcaps!
http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/mammals/bearsign.htmlhttp://www.bear.org/Black/BB_Home.html>You should have named this thread "Close encounters of the bear(ed) kind"
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>Tracy, you'd be the one to know .. do bears actually ... you know ... in the woods? (I guess humans do - when they encounter them) :-)
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