'Bear week is a phenomenon in the gay community the last 13+ years where the town fills up with 'Bears,' Burly hairy men--and those who appreciate them. Hence the yearly (around the week after 4th of July) event that attracts folks from all over the world. I went into a bar in Paris and they recognized me from the ad campaign and that I was from P'town (I was also used in the 2010 edition). The event is beloved by gay and straight and is the largest money-maker for the community business . . . And the most fun for all. The 'Bears' are known as the most inclusive (gay & straight) and is quite the party, like a political convention without the politics. Pictured: Frank Muzzy, lying in the middle, with baseball cap on the extreme left, others unidentified.'
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