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Black Bear Gives Girls a Scare

Photos of damage in Monroe and of the Black Bear itself in Trumbull were taken during two days of travels between the neighboring towns.

An 11-year-old girl and her younger sister, 7, screamed at the sight of a Black Bear in their yard on Crestwood Road Tuesday morning and ran into the house to get their father.

Animal Control Officer Ed Risko said the children did the right thing, because loud noises can scare off a bear.

There were a total of five sightings as the Black Bear made its way through Monroe, toward Trumbull (See the photo of a sighting in Trumbull).

The first Monroe sighting was in the woods off Hammertown Road, between High Bridge Road in Newtown, at 11:14 a.m. on Monday. The bear was later seen crossing the road in the same area at 8:15 p.m.

The sisters on Crestwood Road saw the bear at around 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, walking through yards toward Harvester Road. 

Claw marks were left on a tree in a yard in the 100-block of Bug Hill Road on Tuesday after a bear climbed approximately 70 inches off the ground to reach a bird feeder, which it pulled off the tree, according to Risko (See the photo).

After "breakfast", the bear was seen crossing Monroe Turnpike, near Ryegate Terrace, at 9:50 a.m., heading south into Trumbull.

The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection and Trumbull Animal Control were notified of the sightings.


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