YOU SAID:
The brown bear had stared at me
INTO JAPANESE
ヒグマは私を見つめていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the brown bear was staring at me
INTO JAPANESE
ヒグマが私を見つめていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
brown bear was staring at me
INTO JAPANESE
ヒグマが私を見つめていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
brown bear was staring at me
That didn't even make that much sense in English.