Bear Spotted Monday In Warrington

WARRINGTON, PA — A bear was spotted wandering around a Warrington neighborhood Monday morning, according to police.

The bear was picked up on a home security camera on Wodock Avenue.

"If you see the bear do not approach it, give it plenty of space. Please call the PA Game Commission or the police dispatcher to report its location," police said.

It's unknown if it is the same bear first spotted in Horsham on Sunday.

That bear was first seen in the morning in the area of the power line trail near Whetstone Road, according to Horsham Community Police Services. By the afternoon, it was seen at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station, which was where it had been most recently seen as of Monday morning, police said.

"The bear is alive and still on the loose," police said Monday in a social media post. "The reports that it was euthanized that appeared on numerous local pages are false."

On Sunday afternoon, police shared a photo of the bear climbing a fence onto the air station property.

According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, about 20,000 black bears lived in the state as of 2015. In Pennsylvania, they usually mate from early June to mid-July, the commission said.

The commission says bear attacks are extremely rare and that, if you encounter one, you should make noise to alert it, back slowly away from it and try to remain calm.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is working with Horsham's Department of Emergency Management to try to find the bear.