bA tiny American town's plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail no one told the bears.bbbrbOnce upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, they set their sights on Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road.brWhen they descended on Grafton, public funding for pretty much everything shrank the fire department, the library, the schoolhouse. State and federal laws became meek suggestions, scarcely heard in the town's thick wilderness.brThe anything-goes atmosphere soon spread into the neighboring woods. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. And it all caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors the bears.briA Libertarian Walks Into a Beari is the sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government di