I have a coworker that recently moved from near Boston to southern Massachusetts. Absolutely boggles my mind the amount of wildlife he comes across. I thought the East coast was basically fully urbanized.
In the metro area, we've also have bears and even a "moose on the loose":
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/05/16/bear-in-newton-massac...
https://www.boston.com/news/animals/2016/06/01/moose-on-the-...
Not to mention a mountain lion:
https://patch.com/massachusetts/winchester/winchester-mounta...