Bears Prowling Pine Mountain Neighborhoods Friday Night

  • This fellow and a companion showed up at Garyson Sparkman's home on Pioneer Way Friday night, about 9 p.m. At about 10:30 Diane Duquette on Linden discovered two bears in a pine tree close to her house, she said. [Sparkman photo]

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    This fellow and a companion showed up at Garyson Sparkman's home on Pioneer Way Friday night, about 9 p.m. At about 10:30 Diane Duquette on Linden discovered two bears in a pine tree close to her house, she said. [Sparkman photo]

  • Grayson Sparkman took this photo of a black bear and a companion on Pioneer Way, eying s suit of armor Sparkman keeps on his porch. That was about 9 p.m. By 10:30 the duo was reported had meandered over to Linden Way.

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    Grayson Sparkman took this photo of a black bear and a companion on Pioneer Way, eying s suit of armor Sparkman keeps on his porch. That was about 9 p.m. By 10:30 the duo was reported had meandered over to Linden Way.

Pine Mountain, CA (10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23)—We’ve had two sighting reports this evening of two black bears wandering through the Woodland area of the Pine Mountain Community. Two were spotted on Pioneer Way and two were spotted in a pine tree on Linden this evening , within an hour of each other. See more this Thursday in the Mountain Enterprise.

 

This is part of the August 23, 2013 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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