I've lived in Baldwin County since 1976 and the most improbable thing I've seen is a snowfall or two. There aren't that many surprises taking place here when you think about it.

Elections are pretty much ho-hum. Rarely does a dark horse candidate win.

The weather is pretty predictable unless a hurricane pops up. Otherwise it's humid, real humid or just let me die humid.

The tourists come, then the snowbirds, then the spring-breakers.

The jellyfish come in there somewhere. It's an endless cycle year after year after year.

And the news is always the same: The roads are either clogged, real clogged or just let me die clogged.

And we say the same things over and over again: We're so lucky to live here. The schools are growing. The seafood is great. The beaches are eroding. Don't step on a baby turtle.

Stuff like that. There's nothing out of the ordinary.

And I'll tell you something else: The Lions and Bears will lose.

Just let them come up against anybody with some firepower and down they go. It's like waiting for the South Alabama Jaguars to make the College World Series.

There will have to be some kind of alignment of the stars for the Jaguars to get to Omaha; otherwise they have about as much chance as the Lions and Bears have of coming out on top.

Take 1937 for example. On a Sunday afternoon near Stapleton three Lions escaped from their trailer when the driver who was transporting them from Andalusia to Mobile wrecked because he was driving drunk.

If memory serves, prohibition had been repealed by then and I guess the driver was celebrating by letting three ferocious lions loose on the countryside.

The big male lion attacked a Stapleton cow and the hunt was on.

The news account said a young fellow from Mobile killed the Lion as it charged him. Humans with guns - 1, Lions - 0.

Next, a female Lion charged the sheriff and a group of men with him, trying to be competitive and all, but the result was predictable: Humans with guns - 2, Lions - 0.

The third Lion, a female, was shot while attacking another Stapleton cow. Final score: Humans with gun - 3, Lions - 0.

And the Bears are no better.

December 1934, in a remote area of north Baldwin: Humans with guns - 1, 535-Pound Bear - 0. 535-pounds, seriously?

The drunk guy driving the Lions must have been the one who weighed the Bear.

Actually, I'd like to believe in a 535-pound Baldwin County bear since that would be out of the ordinary.

Whatever, apart from the occasional snowfall, not much out of the ordinary happens around here.

Bob Morgan is a retired, award-winning journalist and author.