<B>A tiny American town''s plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears.</B><DIV><B><br></B></DIV><DIV>Once 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.</DIV><DIV><br></DIV><DIV>When 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.</DIV><DIV><br></DIV><DIV>The anything-goes atmosphere soon caught the attention of Grafton''s neighbors: the bears. Freedom-loving citizens ignored hunting laws and regulations on food disposal. They built a tent city in an effort to get off the grid. The bears smelled food and opportunity.</DIV><DIV><br></DIV><DIV><I>A Libertarian Wal