Bears in the Triangle

Thu, 06/26/2008 - 9:55pm

I know we live in a state with beautiful nature and lots of wilderness, but this news article still surprised me: black bear spotted in Chapel Hill.

Sadly, the bear was apparently hit by a car and died, but I had no idea that there were black bears around here.

A related article on WRAL.com talks about two bear sightings in May of this year in Raleigh and Durham: "Law-enforcement officers said they believe the larger bear could weigh around 200 pounds. Residents are urged to stay away from the animals."

It's over 10 years ago that I saw bears in real live, from the bus in Tannersville, NY.

Comments

Re: Bears in the Triangle

Permalink Submitted by Petra_NC on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 5:57am

Wow,...that's something!
First an alligator and also bears now?

Re: Bears in the Triangle

Permalink Submitted by peet on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 9:59pm

Here in the area are also black bears. I never saw one but Gj did.

gr petra

Re: Bears in the Triangle

Permalink Submitted by Guus on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 10:10am

Yeah. Years ago we worked a summer in Tannersville in the Catskill mountains were we saw a few black bears. It's about 1,5 hours from where you live.

Guus Bosman

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