Yikes a Bear!!
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79769)
United States
July 25, 2017 9:55am CST
Our township has a Facebook page which includes all things safety, local happenings and whatever else might be important to the residents here.
Yesterday a bulletin was posted about a bear in someones backyard. All I could think of was what? here? we aren't even in the woods per se. I know bear sightings have been very frequent lately up in the Poconos where my son and daughter live but in my area of Pennsylvania we have mostly corn fields and farms. So, I was quite taken aback when a bear popped up in someones yard.
The notice informed us all to be on alert and to make noise when going outside especially early mornings and nights when walking dogs etc.
My daughter in law came across a bear on their bike path last week and posted a picture of it on our family Facebook page. I wouldn't have stopped to take a picture but would have probably fainted. My daughter has also posted pictures of bears in their backyard and they look more like cubs but still....a bear is a bear and if it's a cub then the momma isn't too far away.
I don't think I'd be too happy seeing a bear wandering through my backyard and I'm going to make sure I make a lot of noise when I take the dogs out.
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23 responses
@marguicha (215470)
• Chile
25 Jul 17
A bear is a bear, no matter what the size or the age! What are the authorities doing?
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@marguicha (215470)
• Chile
26 Jul 17
@ramapo17 I prefer to live in a tame city with no wildlife except violent human beings.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
I don't think a bear is something you'd want to see taking a leisurely stroll through your backyard 
but maybe Doodles would scare them away
but maybe Doodles would scare them away2 people like this
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
25 Jul 17
@Marilynda1225 I have seen so many bears in my yard and I love watching them especially the young ones.
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@DianneN (246905)
• United States
25 Jul 17
@Marilynda1225 You mean Mr. Fraidy Cat? I have him running to the house when I say, "No big bad snakes. Hiss!"
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
It might be more commonplace than I'm aware of for bears to be living here but unusual to see them wandering through someones backyard. At least the authorities warned us
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
25 Jul 17
@Marilynda1225 It was not unusual to drive down the street and have to stop for the bear to cross the road. One day many people were coming out of the post office and a bear was crossing the road. He never stopped walking and kept going. I never had a camera with me to get their pictures.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
They are beautiful animals but I'm not keen on seeing one wander through my yard
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
25 Jul 17
They are great to watch. You just have to know not to go running up to them.
@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
I've never seen a kangaroo in real life but they look cute in pictures. Even though they aren't dangerous do you find them in your yard?
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 17
@Marilynda1225 They regularly come into the garden area although it isn't fenced off from the rest of the property. They like roses and various other plants so some of our shrubs have netting around them. We have bird baths at the front and back doors and they quite often drink from the one at the front.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Jul 17
A bear was spotted here last year, and everyone freaked.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
It is a bit upsetting to think a bear could come wandering through the neighborhood
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Jul 17
@Marilynda1225 yes it is. Thankfully it didnt harm anyone
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
25 Jul 17
I have only seen bears at the zoo and they´re big. I like those animals, but only from a distance
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Me too...I like them from a distance (a very LONG distance )
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Oh dear that is sort of scary.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
25 Jul 17
@ramapo17 Oh no Nancy..glad you went in and safe then.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
25 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView We always loved seeing the wild life. The skunks scared me more than anything as I was afraid of getting sprayed by them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Jul 17
We came across a bear on the road near our cottage in the North Poconos a few years ago, freaked me out I'll tell you!!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Jul 17
@ramapo17 lol I have only seen the one in 15 years and that was quite enough!!
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Yup they scare me too even small ones. I know they are usually looking for food and we've been told to keep our garbage pails inside so as to not attract them
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@Tampa_girl7 (49005)
• United States
27 Jul 17
I've never seen a bear outside of a zoo, but we do have black bears. I'm glad that I've never encountered one.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
25 Jul 17
My kids live in the Poconos and bears are common but they still keep a safe distance from them. One day a bear was peering in the window at my sons house. That almost gave my daughter in law a heart attack but they made a racket and scared it off.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
25 Jul 17
@Marilynda1225 my friends in the Poconos had them go right up to her screen porch when she was reading. She told them to go away and they did.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jul 17
I would not be happy either. It will not be good to come home and those bears had broken in the house and torn it up.
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@snowy22315 (170011)
• United States
25 Jul 17
A friend of mine who grew up in Cameron County Pa said that one time his dad shot a 600 lb black bear in their barn.
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
25 Jul 17
I would have fainted right along with you. Just one more thing to watch out for lol.
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@dollaboy (6048)
•
26 Jul 17
Right, bears are bears and no matter what the size or the age. Even the Wild Monkeys makes me feel fainted 
