Black Bear Sightings
By Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (52883)
United States
July 2, 2025 9:22am CST
In our neighborhood in West Virginia there have been a lot of black bear sightings. I wouldn’t want to get close to one, but this one sure is cute. Thankfully they aren’t bothering anyone. I have always been told that black bears aren’t aggressive. Hopefully that’s true. Are there bears in your neighborhood ? There are more bears in this city than there are in the rural area where our Mississippi home is.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52883)
• United States
2 Jul
Yes, I believe they are coming because their forests are being destroyed.
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@LadyDuck (479166)
• Italy
3 Jul
@Tampa_girl7 This is what all wild animals are doing. I feel sorry for them.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52883)
• United States
2 Jul
Yes
, this one in particular is adorable.
, this one in particular is adorable.1 person likes this
@psanasangma (7856)
• India
2 Jul
We rarely see bears in our place !
They look scary !
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@Marilynda1225 (85364)
• United States
2 Jul
I know there are bears around here but haven't actually seen one. Occasionally our local Facebook page will post bear sightings and show them wandering around. My son and his family live in the Pocono Mts and they see bears there all the time.
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@Ineeddentures (10892)
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2 Jul
Oh wow.
I would love to see one of those in my garden
I should be scared of Bears
But I am not.
Why are there.so many in the city?
Is it easy food for them?
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@Tampa_girl7 (52883)
• United States
2 Jul
I think that they are driven in from so much of the forests being cut down. We have deer and other wildlife there too. The deer are seen daily.
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@Ineeddentures (10892)
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2 Jul
@Tampa_girl7
That is really quite sad.
I'm glad the the forests around our town are still mostly intacr
@jstory07 (145137)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Jul
Yes there are wild bears here in the mountains. They sometimes come out of the mountains and down to where I live. But not that often.
@LeaPea2417 (38069)
• Toccoa, Georgia
3 Jul
They are around here. I just hope I never encounter one.
@arunima25 (91573)
• Bangalore, India
3 Jul
I will admire them in zoo or from a distance. Will not be comfortable if I know that there is one in the neighborhood. Good that they are not aggressive. We don't have bears here. Monkeys keep coming and rarely we get to see peacocks.
@snowy22315 (192910)
• United States
2 Jul
They are around, but I haven't seen one. People have caught them on video though. I was just telling friend on the way down here, that
They are around and often caught on video in this area. I haven't seen any though. I was just telling friend on the way down here that I bet for every one caught on video there are 10 that are not.
@wolfgirl569 (119393)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Jul
They are not in our area but are known to pass through at times
@RasmaSandra (87028)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Jul
No bears where I am but I am sure they must be somewhere in Florida, That little one is cute, I have always said that if there are bears around it would be good if someone put out a bucket of some food away from the house so the bears get food and no one get bothered,
@LindaOHio (194806)
• United States
2 Jul
Yes! There have been black bear sightings here locally for several weeks now. Very unusual for our area.
@MarieCoyle (46353)
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2 Jul
When I lived in Montana, we saw many bears in our neighborhood. A person had to be vigilant. We kept our trash cans in the garage. Here in Illinois, the occasional bear is sighted traveling through or in an isolated spot, but not often.
