Post by grrraaahhh on Jul 24, 2012 5:28:52 GMT -9
Bear cub wanders into Pittsburgh mall, sends shoppers running
Shoppers at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer were startled Saturday evening when a young bear wandered
into the Sears Grand store.
An unexpected guest made for quite the unbearable shopping experience at one Pittsburgh-area mall.
A bear cub found roaming a Sears department store at Pittsburgh Mills on Saturday night sent shoppers scrambling for the exits just before closing — although no one was hurt and the animal was successfully sedated, according to reports.
“The bear just walked up to the automatic doors, they opened and he just ran in,” Brian Grant, security director for Pittsburgh Mills, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “One of our officers arrived here and saw people running out the doors.”
The black bear — described as a female about a year old and weighing 120 to 125 pounds — was first seen darting around the parking lot, where drivers tried to corral her with their cars.
“It was the strangest thing,” mallgoer Matt Marcinik told The Tribune-Review.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bear-cub-wanders-pittsburgh-mall-sends-shoppers-running-article-1.1119874
Update......
Second bear spotted near Pittsburgh Mills mall
Monday, July 23, 2012
By Taryn Luna, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer experienced a rush of new clientele this weekend: two bears in two days.
Unlike a small, 150-pound bear that perused electronics at Sears on Saturday night and prompted an evacuation of the mall, a second larger bear was more interested in the dining establishments.
Around 11:45 p.m. and about an hour and 45 minutes after wildlife conservation officers tranquilized the small bear in Sears, the second 250 to 300 pound bear emerged near the Olive Garden parking lot.
Frazer police Officer Tim Christian said he and his fellow officers warned employees outside the Longhorn Steakhouse to leave as the female bear wandered over to the restaurant.
"The second bear was not captured," said Officer Christian, who has spent the past day following the bears through the shopping center.
"The Game Commission officers did not come out last night because the mall had closed and it wasn't a major concern."
Read more: old.post-gazette.com/pg/12205/1248605-54.stm#ixzz21Y8bi1Kc
Shoppers at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer were startled Saturday evening when a young bear wandered
into the Sears Grand store.
An unexpected guest made for quite the unbearable shopping experience at one Pittsburgh-area mall.
A bear cub found roaming a Sears department store at Pittsburgh Mills on Saturday night sent shoppers scrambling for the exits just before closing — although no one was hurt and the animal was successfully sedated, according to reports.
“The bear just walked up to the automatic doors, they opened and he just ran in,” Brian Grant, security director for Pittsburgh Mills, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “One of our officers arrived here and saw people running out the doors.”
The black bear — described as a female about a year old and weighing 120 to 125 pounds — was first seen darting around the parking lot, where drivers tried to corral her with their cars.
“It was the strangest thing,” mallgoer Matt Marcinik told The Tribune-Review.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bear-cub-wanders-pittsburgh-mall-sends-shoppers-running-article-1.1119874
Update......
Second bear spotted near Pittsburgh Mills mall
Monday, July 23, 2012
By Taryn Luna, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer experienced a rush of new clientele this weekend: two bears in two days.
Unlike a small, 150-pound bear that perused electronics at Sears on Saturday night and prompted an evacuation of the mall, a second larger bear was more interested in the dining establishments.
Around 11:45 p.m. and about an hour and 45 minutes after wildlife conservation officers tranquilized the small bear in Sears, the second 250 to 300 pound bear emerged near the Olive Garden parking lot.
Frazer police Officer Tim Christian said he and his fellow officers warned employees outside the Longhorn Steakhouse to leave as the female bear wandered over to the restaurant.
"The second bear was not captured," said Officer Christian, who has spent the past day following the bears through the shopping center.
"The Game Commission officers did not come out last night because the mall had closed and it wasn't a major concern."
Read more: old.post-gazette.com/pg/12205/1248605-54.stm#ixzz21Y8bi1Kc