PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — A 200-pound black bear that swiped some blankets and pillows from a western Montana cabin to line his makeshift den in the cabin’s crawl space has moved on.

PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — A 200-pound black bear that swiped some blankets and pillows from a western Montana cabin to line his makeshift den in the cabin’s crawl space has moved on.

PHILIPSBURG – A 200-pound black bear found hibernating this winter beneath a Missoula family’s cabin at Georgetown Lake is awake and moved on from its cozy (not to mention stylish) den.

Once a 19th-century mining town, Philipsburg is now a ranching community with burgeoning appeal to both tourists and vacation-home seekers, along with patrons of an all-inclusive luxury dude ranch.