The homeowner said the bear had visited the backyard before
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Bears in an Avon Backyard give Homeowner a Scare
A resident of Stagecoach Road in Avon, Connecticut, received an unexpected visitor last week.
A black bear showed up on the woman's back deck Wednesday morning while the homeowner was making brownies.
The woman said the bear spent about half an hour on the deck, standing up and putting its paws up on the glass sliding door leading to the kitchen.
A bear got right up against the glass sliding door at an Avon home last week.
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An Avon homeowner was baking brownies when she noticed this bear peering through the sliding glass door of her back deck.
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The bear visited a home on Stagecoach Road last Wednesday.
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The bear spent about 30 minutes on the deck, according to the homeowner.
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It's not the first time this bear has visited the back yard, the homeowner said.
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The woman said she had already taken steps to keep bears from being attracted to her back yard.
She told NBC Connecticut the bear had visited the backyard before, adding that she had previously taken steps to prevent bears from being attracted to the yard.
The bear eventually left, but the incident has neighbors spooked.
“Sometimes I let my dogs out in the back and do their thing," Charlie Whitney said. "But now that seemed pretty aggressive and I may have to rethink letting my dogs out unsupervised."
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The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said it was aware of the incident but did not respond. A neighbor came to assist the homeowner in shooing off the animal.
The department noted that the tags on the bear's ears don't mean the animal has a history of bad behavior. Many bears are tagged in each ear for research purposes during hibernation season.
Officials said they are looking into the bear's behavior to see if any action needs to be taken. However, they stressed that it's common for bears to come onto decks or porches and that it's becoming more frequent as the bear population grows.
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Re: You asked for great Bear pictures My husband and I have some fantastic footage and multiple pictures of a mother bear and three her cubs playing in my side yard. All while my husband, friend and son are enjoying the day on the deck at our home in Avon, CT. The bears are sweet and listened when spoken too. They stop by all the time ,so much our chickens are use to them.They stopped by for about an hour hanging out and playing even Photo bombing Our younger Son Gunner Propiescus .They also seen to like football “ Go Bears!!!! Here is 2 video’s. This video shows the two young boy cubs playing while the older sister schools them and listen’s to momma bears training this was shot on 4/18/15 in Avon, CT The other one is A friend of ours Dante Demay putting water down as its a hot day and Mom bear gets a bit to close. Bears playing. https://youtu.be/U69_9z8MpCw .Black Bears in Avon Ct getting a little to close for comfort not to mention making us Waite a while to get the much needed yard work started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6hZckEcUI0 Please feel free to contact us at
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