A black bear was seen in the area of the 2900 block of Woodview Drive near Line Lexington Road late Monday night, Hatfield Township Police reported on its Facebook page.
Around midnight Tuesday, Hatfield Township Police Department posted photos of a black bear in the yard of a resident of the township, along with text that stated police had received numerous phone calls regarding the bear sighting.
Police said the Pennsylvania Game Commission has been notified. Police warned citizens not to approach the bear. The Game Commission advised it is not uncommon to see black bears in the area during this time of year.
This is the second bear sighting in the North Penn area in three weeks. On April 27, Montgomery Township Police Department reported that officers responded to the sightings of a black bear on the 1100 block of Stump Road. Police checked the area and did not locate a bear. In that case, the state Game Commission was also notified, police said.
It is believed that the same bear was seen around the same date in Buckingham Township and Plymouth Meeting.
On May 3, the Pennsylvania Game Commission tranquilized and captured a black bear in Clifton Heights, Delaware County, and later released it in state game lands in Dauphin County.
Last week, in Lafayette Township, New Jersey, about 50 miles from New York City, a woman was hospitalized after being attacked by one of three black bears as she walked to her mailbox. Police said the woman had a physical encounter with the bear, which was reported to be one or two years old and weighing about 200 pounds. New Jersey is home to an estimated 2,500 black bears and there have been more than 4,000 bear attacks on humans there in the past decade.
If a bear is sighted in the area, call the Pennsylvania Game Commission at 610-926-3136 or dial 911 to be connected to your local police department. Learn more about black bears here.
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