Teens Flee As Young Black Bear Strolls Through Twin Cities Neighborhood – CBS New York

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Centerville’s Cottonwood Courtroom, a neighborhood in suburban Minnesota, regarded extra like Pooh Nook final week. A younger black bear out for a stroll gave some youngsters fairly a scare.

Hailey Nelson, 17, and Dori Arndt, 15, have been doing a little gardening Tuesday afternoon outdoors the house of good friend Hailey Nyberg, 17. As Nelson labored, she thought she noticed Nyberg’s canine stroll by within the nook of her eye.

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“We wished cash, so we determined to go pull some weeds and we’re simply pulling some weeds, simply speaking, listening to some music, flip our heads and it’s only a black lab,” Nelson mentioned.

A digicam in one of many Nyberg’s entrance home windows captured the second when the belief kicked in: That’s not the household canine.

“It was a bear!” Nelson mentioned.

Nelson and Arndt sprung up in terror and made a beeline for the entrance door. However there was a slight downside — it was locked.

“So I’m pounding on the door saying, ‘Allow us to in!’ Screaming our heads off, simply eager to get inside! Then [Hailey Nyberg] pokes her head across the nook,” Nelson mentioned.

(credit score: Brian Nyberg)

Dad Brian Nyberg pulled Nelson and Arndt inside, earlier than warning his daughter to take cowl.

“I heard them screaming and my dad got here outdoors and is rather like, ‘Why are you continue to out right here? A bear simply walked cross our … entrance yard!’ I’m identical to, ‘What?’” Hailey Nyberg mentioned. “After which he’s identical to, ‘Get inside!’”

Brian says he figured the ladies have been being swarmed by bees when he first heard their screams.

“I believe each Hailey and I, we heard the screaming, we each thought, you recognize, they possibly bought right into a yellow jacket nest,” Brian mentioned. “They have been simply terrified, screaming, and the pounding on the door was so quick.”

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The Nybergs say after watching the footage, they have been amused by Nelson’s and Arndt’s priorities whereas fleeing hazard.

From left to proper: Hailey Nyberg, Hailey Nelson and Dori Arndt (credit score: CBS)

“I believe it was humorous that the very first thing Dori went for was her water bottle [laughs]!” Hailey Nyberg mentioned. “She couldn’t take into consideration anything besides her water bottle!”

“They each grabbed their telephones,” Brian mentioned. “You’ll be able to’t depart your telephones on the market.”

Brian says the bear seemed to be a juvenile which may be 1-and-a-half-years outdated, and about twice the scale of their 80-pound black Labrador Retriever.

“[The bear] picked up the tempo somewhat, however you may see he kinda turned its head and regarded on the ladies screaming once they bought up,” Brian mentioned.

He says he was anxious when the bear began strolling in direction of Important Road and County Street 14.

“A pair occasions … it turned again and head in direction of our yard, then it wished to go over Important Road, and there was plenty of visitors at the moment,” he mentioned.

The bear as a substitute began making its means by means of the neighborhood’s backyards, earlier than disappearing into nature.

(credit score: Brian Nyberg)

The Minnesota Division of Pure Assets says bears are often misplaced and trying to find meals once they wander into residential neighborhoods. Black bears usually eat berries, that are scarce this summer season because of the drought. In the event you encounter a bear, the DNR says you must depart it alone, give it area, and let it discover its personal means out of the world. Additionally they advise eradicating birdfeeders and trash from yards, and to watch pets once they’re outside.

Hailey, Hailey and Dori are delighted that the video has gone viral, racking up greater than 30,000 views on WCCO’s Instagram page in a matter of hours.

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“The appears on their faces as they have been working, sort of priceless,” Brian mentioned.