Bear scare in Newton

by | Oct 10, 2015 | Newton | 7 comments

Hopefully the fate of a bear seen near Rowe and Webster Streets will end better than it did for a bear spotted in Newton back in 2013.

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7 Comments

  2. Bryan Barash
    Bryan Barash on October 10, 2015 at 7:32 am

    I was putting up a lawn sign in Thompsonville and imagine my surprise when I see a bunch of environmental police and a channel 7 news van.

  3. Colleen Minaker
    Colleen Minaker on October 10, 2015 at 8:51 am

    I was sitting on my deck in New Hampshire about a month ago. A mature bear walked across the road from the woods and ambled down my driveway about 20 feet from me. He didn’t pay much notice and kept moving toward the grassy meadow nearby.
    He had no need to bother me. The authorities have a difficult task finding the bear as he will be on the move most of the time. I just hope people don’t panic when they see a bear. Keep still and wait for him to leave the area. I sure hope they don’t shoot him/her.

  4. Michelle
    Michelle on October 10, 2015 at 11:16 am

    This may be the bear we saw last week. We live on the Wakefield/Melrose/Saugus line which is 13 miles from this part of Newton, as the crow flies. It was eating acorns in the side yard late at night and ran off as soon as it saw the car headlights pulling in. The bear was not at all aggressive, it ran right away at the first sign of people.

  5. Doug Jacobs
    Doug Jacobs on October 10, 2015 at 11:42 am

    It may have been someone in their Halloween costume.

  6. Simon
    Simon on October 10, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    Perhaps the bear and residents in the area have a common cause, and the bear simply wanted to keep ugly dinosaurs away!

  7. Julia Malakie
    Julia Malakie on October 10, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    Heard this morning that one of my lawn signs disappeared on Webster right near Rowe. Homeowner thinks it blew away, but I suspect the bear!