Black Bear Lumbers Through Busy Yard

Occurred on August 21, 2024 / Simsbury, Connecticut, USA

Info from Licensor: "My sister-in-law Danielle came over with my nephew Jake (age 2) to play with his cousins Cooper (age 9) and Colby (age 5). Danielle and I are teachers and were enjoying our last days of summer while watching the kids scooter and play basketball. Cooper noticed the bear first and said 'bear' and darted in the house. Unfortunately, we did not hear him the first time. Then Jake said, 'bears coming' followed by Cooper saying, 'there's a bear.' This is when we saw the big guy within 2 feet of us and I scooped up Jake and we all ran into the house. Once inside, we watched the bear go after our trash can and then continue to the neighbor's house."