With Stephen Colbert off the “ert” during the writer’s strike, I’m taking this opportunity to steal a ThreatDown.

What kind of a ThreatDown? BEARS!

A DNR officer in Red Wing had to put a cap in a bear after it “was getting brave”:

DNR officer kills dangerous bear

A local Department of Natural Resources officer took the rare step last week of killing a bear after he said it became threatening to area residents.

Conservation officer Tyler Quandt said the black bear “was getting brave” in recent weeks, eventually pressing itself up against a Featherstone Township home last Tuesday.

The fall-out of the writers strike strikes Stephen where it hurts: ThreatDown territory.

Remind me not to rub up against any houses in a bear suit in Red Wing when Tyler Quandt is on duty.