People claim to see Bigfoot creatures in the Mississippi Delta and Florida... Even Scotland. None of these are much noted for their bears.
There are some outliers (like Hawaii, or the 2 sightings in my local forest preserve) which cannot be bears, but what you will find is there is way more bear populations wandering around than you realize.
The trend is pretty clear.
> the Mississippi Delta and Florida... Even Scotland. None of these are much noted for their bears.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_black_bear
The US South has bears.