Oh Bear... What have You Done?
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
April 11, 2016 8:14pm CST
My parents have quite the cafe going with their bird feeder. Many different types of birds have frequented it, and even squirrels and the regular rabbit stop by. Suffice to say it runs low on seed quite often.
On Saturday my father went to the store and got a new bag of seed and set it on the porch. That night a visitor came to the feeder, dumped it, and stole the entire bag of seed. They found bear paw prints in the little bit of snow around the feeder. So I guess the hungry bear decided it wanted to be fed too.
Where exactly it took the sack of feed is a complete mystery, as there wasn't even a trace of it.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Apr 16
ok, I started to read this, and the side story had a polar bear on it, and I was like HOW do those two things relat.....oh. I see. Yikes those seeds were bear napped!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Apr 16
And it came back last night and took their other feeder. Then it tried to get into the garage and collapsed the wood pile. Apparently the whole neighborhood has issued complaints and some think that it is a young bear.
So today I rigged my giant mouse trap. It will catch the bear!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Apr 16
@OneOfMany Im guessing it needs trapped and relocated?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
13 Apr 16
@Jessicalynnt Possibly. If it's becoming a problem bear it will need to go.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Apr 16
I've dealt with those types, it probably would run away when someone else is around. Even huge bears have fled when I just startled them. Of course, these are black bear. I don't think the same would hold true for a grizzly!
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
12 Apr 16
You live in a place where bears can steal things from right outside your house?! You American folk are nuts!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
13 Apr 16
A bear destroyed my humming bird feeder last year. My neighbor is always chasing one off his porch.
The coyotes hang out near the barn at night at times. There may be lots of houses but in towns surrounded by forests the forest life comes down at night!
Even with all that going on I rarely see any bear or coyotes.
