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Bears Are Back, And They're Wandering Around Long Valley

Have your own photos? Send them to jason.koestenblatt@patch.com.

LONG VALLEY, N.J. – They’re baaaaccckkk….

It’s mid-March but the hibernating season seems to be coming to an end.

The first photo is courtesy Caitlin Scheer over on Kim Lane, who posted it to social media Friday, March 18.

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Comments on the post poured in, including another sighting near Carriage Hill Road down in the valley.

Patch received the second photo from Scott Drown, who said he found this lumbering fella in Hastings Square about two weeks ago.

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Got any photos or videos of bears hanging around? Send them to jason.koestenblatt@patch.com.

Photo Courtesy Caitlin Scheer, Scott Drown.

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