What the hell is a "Lava Bear" (check the plate holder)

I know it was the mascot, it is just pretty ridiculous. What I really want is some sort of Lava Bears t-shirt or something of the sort. Are you from Bend?

hold on...thats my highschool i will find you info on a lava bear.

OTHER BLACK BEAR NAMES

* black beast

* black food (Cree Indians)

* blue bear (glacier bear)

* kind of American wilderness

* lava bear (central Oregon lava cones and flows

* phantom of the woods

* spirit of teh forest

* bruin

* camp robber of the wild

* cinnamon bear

* ridge runner (Appalachian Mountains)

* gap crosser (Appalachian Mountains)

* glacier bear

* happy hooligan

* island white bear (Kermode)

* Kermode bear

* variegated bear

* yack-kay (Yankah)

* Smokey

* Teddy

* Yogi

so a lava bear is just a black bear but the name lava bear means its a central oregon lava flow

wow thats so annoying^

ben wallace? isnt that a basketball player or something

damn it i dont have the patience to read all those

i am ben wallace

no, im from North BEND Washington but i was down there about 3 weeks ago and i remember seeing the high school down there with a reader board that said like home of the lava bears.

my friend michael howland goes to that school

taylor you're such a fag hahahahahah I am a lava bear, not you, you're a mormon. lava bears aren't even real bears, that's why it's cool/not.^i know micheal howland, he comes to my house a lot, he has a big sternum hahaha. schmies, clothing? you got it