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SEATTLE -- Break out the pic-a-nic basket?
A young black bear wandering through Seattle neighborhoods continued to give wildlife agents the slip.
The latest sighting Monday afternoon had the bear in the area near Twin Ponds park along the Seattle-Shoreline border just west of I-5. Wildlife agents have now closed the park as they search for the wayward animal, but agents say at this point they don't even know if the bear is still in the area.
Cherylle Anderson, who lives near Shoreline Park, said she didn't believe her eyes when she saw a bear run down the street right outside her house on Monday.
"And then I hear him getting a little crazy - I don't know what's going on - and then I turn around and shrewww! There it goes going down this street, going north," she said.
The bear had apparently moved north from Ballard, where he prompted a flurry of 911 calls early Monday morning, but police and wildlife agents were not able to catch him.
About a dozen police officers and two wildlife agents chased the bear using a tracking dog about 2 a.m. Monday between 9th Avenue Northwest and 15th Avenue in Ballard. Each time they got close, the bear managed to get away.
"Almost had him half a dozen times," said Sgt. Jim Chandler with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
"So he's movin' just like he did last night," said Wildlife Ofc. Kim Chandler. "He moved incredibly fast through here."
Officials believe the 125-pound bear is the same one spotted over the weekend in the Magnolia neighborhood and in Edmonds. Chandler said the bear, who is likely a young male bear that got chased off by its mother, is likely to remain on the move.
"We have to try to protect this bear. There's no reason for him to go up a tree with people chasing him. He's just going to keep running," she said.
"It's a little bit scary because we do have the younger kids down the street out in the yards," said Anderson.
On Saturday, Albert Lee spotted the bear in the Magnolia neighborhood and said he first thought it was a large dog.
"Then I say, 'That's no dog.' And then you saw how big the butt was," Lee said. "Then he turned back gave us the look I said, 'That's a black bear. I cannot believe that's a black bear.'"
Video from Air4 showed police officers and wildlife agents with tranquilizer guns searching the area.
SEATTLE -- Break out the pic-a-nic basket?
A young black bear wandering through Seattle neighborhoods continued to give wildlife agents the slip.
The latest sighting Monday afternoon had the bear in the area near Twin Ponds park along the Seattle-Shoreline border just west of I-5. Wildlife agents have now closed the park as they search for the wayward animal, but agents say at this point they don't even know if the bear is still in the area.
Cherylle Anderson, who lives near Shoreline Park, said she didn't believe her eyes when she saw a bear run down the street right outside her house on Monday.
"And then I hear him getting a little crazy - I don't know what's going on - and then I turn around and shrewww! There it goes going down this street, going north," she said.
The bear had apparently moved north from Ballard, where he prompted a flurry of 911 calls early Monday morning, but police and wildlife agents were not able to catch him.
About a dozen police officers and two wildlife agents chased the bear using a tracking dog about 2 a.m. Monday between 9th Avenue Northwest and 15th Avenue in Ballard. Each time they got close, the bear managed to get away.
"Almost had him half a dozen times," said Sgt. Jim Chandler with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
"So he's movin' just like he did last night," said Wildlife Ofc. Kim Chandler. "He moved incredibly fast through here."
Officials believe the 125-pound bear is the same one spotted over the weekend in the Magnolia neighborhood and in Edmonds. Chandler said the bear, who is likely a young male bear that got chased off by its mother, is likely to remain on the move.
"We have to try to protect this bear. There's no reason for him to go up a tree with people chasing him. He's just going to keep running," she said.
"It's a little bit scary because we do have the younger kids down the street out in the yards," said Anderson.
On Saturday, Albert Lee spotted the bear in the Magnolia neighborhood and said he first thought it was a large dog.
"Then I say, 'That's no dog.' And then you saw how big the butt was," Lee said. "Then he turned back gave us the look I said, 'That's a black bear. I cannot believe that's a black bear.'"
Video from Air4 showed police officers and wildlife agents with tranquilizer guns searching the area.
