Bear in the yard

Tara, the downstairs tenant came up this morning to tell us that there had been a bear in the backyard last night. We hadn't heard anything, but there was a mess. It had been raining and our bedrooms are at the front of the house.

She had woken to find a mess outside their back door, underneath our balcony. They have had a box type freezer under cover near their back door. This morning the freezer was tipped over on it's side and there was cardboard and plastic garbage around the yard, as well as bear scat on the grass. It had knocked over the freezer and helped itself to a pizza, a box of popsicles, an apple crumble, chicken nuggets, fish sticks and other bits and pieces. It decided to leave the "Lean Cuisine" and the frozen ground beef.

She has rung the North Shore Black Bear Society, so that they may be aware that there is a bear active in the area, and will be moving the freezer in to the laundry. Once a bear knows where to get food it will return. So we need to be wary.