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Black Bear Sightings???

30ATrailRunnersBeach Comber
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Just wondering if anyone else is hearing stories or seeing the black bear that has been hanging around the west end of 30A lately?
Two weeks ago my neighbor reported the bear going through his trash and then Sunday night right at dusk I was coming home from Publix in Sandestin and a bear ran across 98 right in front of me (myself and the truck next to me had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting it)!!!! It came out of the woods just east of the doughnut hole and ran into the woods on the north side of 98..
I guess we will keep to running on the sidewalks during the daytime for now...

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ronnadavis2Beach Comber
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I saw a big black bear yesterday at 7:45 am. I was driving East on 98 and was a few miles before the turn to Rosemary, so around Seacrest, and he was right at the edge of the woods looking out at 98. We made eye contact and he then turned and went back into the trees.
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Jim TuckerBeach Fanatic
#3
Sad - Hwy 98 and bears don't mix. I guess the lure of garbage is strong. Doesn't seem to be as much bear talk this year as last.
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30A SkunkapeSkunky
#4
Sad - Hwy 98 and bears don't mix. I guess the lure of garbage is strong. Doesn't seem to be as much bear talk this year as last.

Maybe because they are no longer a novelty. For better or worse.
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johoBeach Fanatic
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Just wondering if anyone else is hearing stories or seeing the black bear that has been hanging around the west end of 30A lately?
Two weeks ago my neighbor reported the bear going through his trash and then Sunday night right at dusk I was coming home from Publix in Sandestin and a bear ran across 98 right in front of me (myself and the truck next to me had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting it)!!!! It came out of the woods just east of the doughnut hole and ran into the woods on the north side of 98..
I guess we will keep to running on the sidewalks during the daytime for now...

I received a call from a neighbor last Sunday telling me a black bear was spotted in my garbage on the west end. I guess it's true?:shock:
debesquireBeach Lover
#6
Search on "bear"

If you do a search of sowal.com posts that contain the word "bear" you'll be amazed at how many bear sightings there have been on and near 30-a. (I posted my own sighting a few weeks ago.) Apparently they're all over 30-A. Unfortunately bears are high on my list in response to the question "Do you have any phobias?" that was posted a while back. Stephen Colbert also has a bear phobia.
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KurtAdmin
#7
If you do a search of sowal.com posts that contain the word "bear" you'll be amazed at how many bear sightings there have been on and near 30-a. (I posted my own sighting a few weeks ago.) Apparently they're all over 30-A. Unfortunately bears are high on my list in response to the question "Do you have any phobias?" that was posted a while back. Stephen Colbert also has a bear phobia.

A lot of those are for Bear Bryant. Sleep with a teddy bear and maybe that will help.
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ArkiehawgBeach Fanatic
#8
I didn't know that many Ole Miss "Black Bear" Fans lived in SoWal.....
xtrooper976Beach Comber
#9
We were walking in our neighborhood (Courtyards of Santa Rosa) on Thompson Rd about 10pm a few weeks ago and walked up on a bear going through a bag of trash and two nights ago we were riding through Cypress Breeze and saw a bear walking through someone's back yard.
30ATrailRunnersBeach ComberAuthor
#10
black bear cub

Heard on the trail last friday that a black bear cub was hit by a car on 98 near the east end of Pt Washington. Did any one else hear about this?

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