As we were driving up the (dark, twisty) road to Tombigbee state park, I saw something moving along the side of the road. It was big, and black. After Val let out an expletive, I reassured her that it hadn’t been in the road and we hadn’t hit it, so we were just fine. “I know. It just startled me. It was a really big bear!” she said. Apparently, I was the only one who had seen the white flash of hoofs on the black cow.