Tag: bear

Black bear gets up close and personal at Gatlinburg theme park concession stand

Guests and employees of an East Tennessee theme park received a startling encounter from an unexpected visitor last week. According to a press release from Anakeesta Mountaintop Adventure Park in Gatlinburg, a black bear entered the “Bear Can” concession stand at the park around 9:30 p.m. Thursday through the employee entrance. In a viral Tik-Tok video, […]

Black bear gets up close and personal at Gatlinburg theme park concession stand

Guests and employees of an East Tennessee theme park received a startling encounter from an unexpected visitor last week. According to a press release from Anakeesta Mountaintop Adventure Park in Gatlinburg, a black bear entered the “Bear Can” concession stand at the park around 9:30 p.m. Thursday through the employee entrance. In a viral Tik-Tok video, […]

Girl spots bear on family’s deck in Newark

Similar to the tale of Goldilocks, a bear caught on camera in a Facebook video made visits to several homes on Julie Lane in Newark, according to residents. Black bear on Julie lane in our backyard | By RachaelFacebook During Saturday’s sweltering heat, 5-year-old Bella Foster was sitting in the living room of their Barksdale […]

Cape Coral police say bear spotted, tell residents leave it alone

Cape Coral police reported an unwelcome visitor Sunday morning. A bear was spotted near Cornwallis Parkway “and headed toward the river,” Cape Coral police said on its Facebook page about 10 a.m. A juvenile black bear spent the morning, Tuesday, May 25, 2020 roaming through Fort Myers. It was eventually tracked down by members of […]

DeSantis signs bear bill, vetoes left-lane crackdown

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property, while vetoing a bill that would have prevented motorists from cruising in the left lanes of highways. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS DeSantis’ office announced Friday night that he had signed 14 […]

Multiple sightings of bear reported, Newark police say

Multiple sightings of a bear have been reported in the area of Julie Lane in west Newark, city police said in a press release Saturday night. No further information was provided by police, but they urged caution. Black bear sightings in Delaware May 2016: Bear sightings spark alarm in northern New Castle County May 2016: […]

Traffic stop leads to drug bust in Big Bear

Sheriff’s deputies seized roughly an ounce of cocaine and half a pound of methamphetamine in a bust that stemmed from a routine traffic stop in Big Bear on Friday night, officials said. A deputy pulled over a car for traffic violation about 11:45 p.m. along Highway 18 at Cactus Flat, according to the San Bernardino […]

Bear spotted in southeast Salem, another bear removed from Madras

Kristi Hart’s housemates happened to be looking out the window of their home Tuesday afternoon when they spotted a bear walking through their property. Hart and four others live in southeast Salem, near Kuebler Boulevard and Interstate 5. It’s the same area another person on the social media website Nextdoor reported a bear wandering the […]