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w Ng: _ _ Cecree NOE dn ut rone en e acre n pncoarmarana is 1 c( 0 * e m CoLbokme | CfféswitLe g ‘-T““-‘*I 24/a0 : d exproim iess poooes ue By Manoy Mazrtin sen call cither the OPP or . W@@a 3’;}%‘\ 7 ,*#if’“’?%,?}s‘,:?a . tS Sn We Ministry of Natural (Paae -.’-;‘-:,-\;;J.V;@l:! $ 3.3 es AE90 1zn $ T Resources (MNR). postieate . ts i azie.) V rerat l If you go out in the woods today, you "When I phoned the es “‘?K%"*-?a%}"?&“ oys could be in for surprise. MNR, the lady asked if I Pn i e 2t & :,;â€",-“ * ;fl;"w"*vfi‘g‘"‘é’&xq ._ A black bear was sighted wandering would like her send me a § 3 hk nosh fi’f ; x“l ,;g?“’x" e o in the backyard of a Kelwood Drive resâ€" package of information 3k ’&%‘*’e%figfi e es 225 idence last Wednesday evening. While â€" about what to do if I met a * > es e s there have been several bear sightings black bear," Mr. Munsen iW %s 1100 ic . Roal fi';*‘ t north of Highway 40â€"1 in the area, the says incredulously Ci]J_ "p . t . â€"mame Te 2k Kelwood Drive report is the first south "There wasn‘t anything [\ _ .'L%«'.," h _ Fai }S& e m of Highway 401 and in close proximity else they could do or W \ se i. meraey es xtA to the village of Colborne. wanted to do. The lady | _V ‘?:g‘;.:%,;e / WsSsee efi "My wife and I decided to watch that" said the bear was just | . E} cssn MB : J _ e program Survivor for the first time to doing what it does natuâ€" | _\ ‘,"'_ : oys . Pnd ] Wmm taang. s â€"â€"â€" see what all the fuss was about," Monty rally. So, I said ‘Well you NS es sn > e 10â€" o es Munsen says. "It was 8:45 p.m. and the may as well send me that [ z%' \ oore e e cat suddenly ran to a bay window in the package.‘" m £i4 % t ’*‘gfiq ~o l0 C o We omcs kitchen. Usually the cat jumps up to The Munsens. have i ol e y O i A en look out, but this time it didn‘t." lived at their property for |a _ _ * _ u.. _ omesre t Lo Unimpressed with the television proâ€" the past five years. | _ _ o s / e e . peals gram, Mr. Munsen opted to see what They‘ve encountered lots e es e uk ho ts the cat found so interesting. of birds, an occasional C 2 w e w (20) "There was a black bear, just deer, and, of course, quite. ks | uts V e yoe i e 25 ambling by, stopping to sniff the air. It a few raccoons. The prop. |/ S o _ §3E hore 2. S wasn‘t in any hurry. I was about eight erty has néearby bush in â€"| &st v o e uotibgre feet away from the open window where the ravine to the rear, i o s us sc o e W sl l I was looking out, and I called to Barb "I asked the lady at the | â€"â€"~ _ _ _ e jg, & ~'f“ " to come and see. Tt was a bear. The bear MNR is bears are more â€"| 1i O Wt aa t se en nsl must have heard me, because it turned likely to come out at a cer. |_ _ \apaiuie, k: * on toward the sound and sniffed the air tain time of day, like racâ€" attes o teabe ‘,_‘;&‘,,:;jj'f"'f' h‘b}%«.fi'i%fi’ [ again." _ ; hs. coons which are nocturâ€" | | . _\ \_ _ s e 1 & The animal weighed an estimated 150 nal. She said they come * al Ni opovrnanit ( to 200 pounds, Mr. Munsen guesses. ou} anytime of day. $o, |_ it ts standing about 3.5 feet high and five now my wife won‘t walk | \\< t $ ns oo ons a feet long, "and quite narrow. It didn‘t in the path in the woods." | _ ; . Â¥,° | EDL PE f OR > look like it was starving. It wasn‘t a The day after the sightâ€" | _ * % l1 l l t faguEe i | new cub, nor was it an adult. It was ing, Mr. Munsen was conâ€" | \ t v< M,; ELkE EPE $a sited more like a teenage bear, if there is cerned the bear‘s presâ€" | _ "f[,? oi such a thing." . C ence may be a potential | ; i2 onl i § After six minutes of backyard visitaâ€" hazard for Colborne area Lâ€"_â€"__â€"â€" ® e d h 1 5) 34 tion, the black bear ambled off toward residents unaware of the PHoto ay Manoy Magtin ;?gp:vrc;;ded ravine to the rear of the foiildli.ilfeggEd variety of _ Monty Munsen of Kelwood Drive stands at the exact â€" w e. - iffâ€" was killed by a bear, I decided to call 1g1 my neighbour below # s & the Humane Society to see if there was the ravine? I mean, I anything that could or should be done. | wouldn‘t like to see a family pet or perâ€" good time. The gentleman I spoke W.l!.’h at animal | gon hurt." "They bounce," Ms. Quinn says of control said they really didn‘t handle The upshot of the incident: Mr. Munâ€" the bear‘s movement. anything like that (a bear). He asked me sen says there‘s more survival techâ€" "Kinda like Tigger. I think the bear if I saw a mother â€" I didn‘t . Whether nique in his backyard than on the had been around for a while because there was any garbage around for it to weekly television series â€" and he‘s not there were paths of flat grass all eat â€" there isn‘t, and what it was doing. _ about to go into the woods today. around." "He suggested that with all the rain Roseanne Quinn of Dundonald saw Unnerved by the close encounter, we‘ve had, the berries are not out like â€" an adult black bear on Tobacco Road in Ms. Quinn drove to the nearest resiâ€" they have been on other years for them | midâ€"June. On her way to work at 7:15 dence, the home of Mario and Llia to feed on." a.m., the bear was standing in the road Meekes a few hundred yards away, to Animal control suggested Mr. Munâ€" and shuffled off to the ditch in its own â€" alert the family. f e .