Bear returned to woods

[Lee Borgersen]

  Bear returned to woods after morning stroll in Detroit Lakes.

Apr 19, 2016 at 7:51 p.m.

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DETROIT LAKES — A black bear that spent Tuesday morning in Detroit Lakes was safely returned to the woods, thanks to White Earth conservation officers.

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The bear was reported early Tuesday morning in a backyard at 410 Bowling Avenue in Detroit Lakes. The homeowner’s dogs had run the bear up a tree, where he spent much of the morning napping.

 
DNR conservation officers on the scene speculated he was in town raiding bird feeders when, “it got light on him.”

DNR conservation officers and Detroit Lakes police kept a close watch on the bear the entire morning.

By mid-Tuesday morning, the bear decided to take a walk around the neighborhood.

He proceeded several blocks to a back yard near Roosevelt Avenue and Central Street. Officials stopped traffic for several hours in about a three-block radius of the bear, who had taken position just across from the Detroit Lakes Middle School playground. The school was also notified. Several of the school teachers mentioned that they had seen this bear before. They just couldn't seem to remember where.

By 12:30 p.m., the decision was made to tranquilize the bear and transport him back to the woods.

Aiding in the bear situation were Department of Natural Resources conservation officers, Detroit Lakes police, Becker County deputies, city and county workers and White Earth conservation officers.

Note:

The strange thing was that this bear looked very familiar.

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