Lost 200-Pound Black Bear Ends up in Backyard Tree in California Town
On 5/14/21 at 1:08 PM EDT
A lost black bear was spotted 40 feet up a tree in the backyard of a home in Marin County, California, on Thursday.
Police arrived at the house in the town of San Anselmo at around 4:45 p.m. after residents reported seeing the 200-pound animal in the yard, ABC 7 reported.
As word of the bear sighting spread around the neighborhood, which is just a few blocks from downtown, locals began to gather hoping to catch a glimpse of the animal.
Read more It s majestic and beautiful but it must be scared, one neighbor, Natalie Harvey, told KTVU FOX 2. I hike and I think about mountain lions all the time, but I ve never heard of a bear around here.
A resident walked and showed NBC Bay Area’s Cheryl Hurd through her backyard Thursday including where the bear left the neighborhood.
Residents took some pictures taken right before his escape show a young and frightened a California black bear.
The entire neighborhood came out to look at the animal clinging to a tree limb. People were with their cell phones snapping and sharing pictures.
“I heard a helicopter for about an hour and a half. I thought it was a manhunt. When I heard it was a bear, I was actually relieved, said San Anselmo resident Natalie Harvey. “He was beautiful. He was kind of positioned I could see the back of him then he moved you could see his head, pretty large.”
Bear stuck in tree in San Anselmo comes down on its own
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San Anselmo: A black bear is in a tree on Tamaulipas Ave. just a few blocks from the Hub. Police are working with wildlife response teams to get the animal out of the residential area. Photos from Dave Allen-Hughes, head of Ross Preschool who reported it to @centralmarinpapic.twitter.com/dgtrHcYdoK Lorenzo Morotti (@Enzomorotti) May 14, 2021
SAN ANSELMO (BCN) A bear that was perched in a tree in the backyard of a home on San Anselmo s Tamalpais Avenue has come down on its own and has left the neighborhood for the open space area near Mount Tamalpais, according to police.