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A BEAR was seen on Pony Express Trail in Camino on Wednesday. Witnesses believed it was looking for food, as an apple tree was nearby. Courtesy photo
A bear was seen on Pony Express Trail in Camino on Wednesday.
Sandy Petley, who was outside with her husband and neighbor, noticed the bear crossing the street after being in her neighbor’s yard. She thinks it is the same bear that was seen six-to-eight weeks ago by her neighbor’s daughter.
“My neighbor’s daughter saw a bear in in the driveway when she came home at 11:30 at night,” she said.
Wednesday morning, the bear made its way through Petley’s foliage to look up at a tree in their yard, before crossing back over the street from where she thought it came from, she said. “It looked like it was going to climb the tree,” she said.
The bear itself was about three feet tall, she said, and “bigger than my 150-pound dog.”
She believed that the bear was after food, as her neighbor has an apple tree, she said.
This was the first time in living at the residence for eight years that Petley had seen a bear.
Bear sightings should be reported to the local Department of Fish and Game dispatch center, which can be reached at 916-358-1300.
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NancySeptember 21, 2012 - 5:17 pm
Camino is high in the foothills. Bears might live there too. Leave the bear alone.
NATHAN FOLTZSeptember 21, 2012 - 5:42 pm
THE BEAR HAS PROB. BEEN HERE LONGER THAN NANCY
JoeSeptember 22, 2012 - 9:18 am
No one wants to see Nancy bear. 8>O
Penny B.September 22, 2012 - 9:33 am
Joe: Humorous for insiders? Otherwise, tasteless.
BarrySeptember 22, 2012 - 12:18 pm
Joe: Likewise, nobody wants to see a Penny B.
KateSeptember 22, 2012 - 7:27 pm
Bear in El Dorado too, much lower than Camino
JoeSeptember 26, 2012 - 8:54 am
To Penny B. Apparently you have never seen Nancy... B>/