I know as a camper myself, many of us have at least had a bear enter our campsite at night looking for food. I remember as a kid camping with my family on the Tennessee River one year when I had my first bear experience. We were all sleeping in our tents and I was the only one who woke up to the sound of him sniffing around the door of our tent. I could see him from where I was sleeping through the screen mesh, and I was terrified! I recalled that I had been taught to just lay still and play dead (which by the way is very difficult for a child to do when there is a big bear trying to get in her tent!). I remember once he wandered off finally being able to breathe after holding my breath for what seemed like an eternity. It was then that I woke my parents so they could scope out our campsite for safety. Beautiful animals, but such terrifying power they hold!
A 200-pound bear climbed a tree in Oxnard and fell asleep for more than two hours.
This bear had several tranquilizer darts stuck in its side and was perched in a precarious position.
Sleeping bear rescued in Oxnard. (KTLA-TV / May 4, 2010)
OXNARD, Calif. -- Fire crews on Tuesday morning were working to rescue a bear that ran around a Ventura County neighborhood for hours before climbing a tree at a cemetery and taking a long nap.
The 200-pound bear was partially tranquilized and had at least three darts stuck in its side when it fell asleep about 25-feet up in the tree, wedged in branches.
The bear was reported prowling a neighborhood near Santa Clara Cemetery just after 2 a.m. Tuesday. It was first spotted in the parking lot of a fire station on Vineyard Avenue, then up a tree in a condominium complex.
The bear eventually climbed the cemetery wall and made itself comfortable in the tree for more than two hours with its head and feet dangling the entire time.
Fish and Game officials along with the fire department worked to safely remove the groggy bear using harnesses and a ladder truck.
Crews cut down some branches and, around 9 a.m., carefully lifted the sleeping bear out of the tree.
Fish and Game experts bundled the bear in a tarp, and police say it will be released in Los Padres National Forest.
Dramatic Rescue of California Black Bear Video from CNN.com
NEW STORY SOURCE: KTLA News
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