THEY CALLED IT BEAR WRESTLING
They called it bear wrestling. Found often under the circus sections called “"Monsters of the Midway." There was a time in America when a man could walk into a dusty fairground, hear a barker shouting over the crowd, and watch another man step into a ring with a bear. Not a story. Not a movie. A real bear. And for a few dollars, folks stood there eating popcorn, watching what they thought was a fight.