Heard this on the news and got and email at work:
This was in rural Rollingstone ,MN
This guy was combining corn and the combine tire fell into a big hole. He thought it was a badger hole until a big black paw came out. Pretty soon a head appeared. They knew for sure it was no badger. He wasn’t very happy either. It was a bear’s den – 5 feet deep. The bear was trying to dig out from under the wheel but could not get out, the DNR told them to shoot it. It dressed out 287 pounds, and was a male.