{"id":190826,"date":"2025-09-29T22:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190826\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:05:07","slug":"bear-cub-runs-through-southern-arizona-grocery-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190826\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear cub runs through southern Arizona grocery store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">ORO VALLEY, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 A bear-y unusual encounter was caught on camera in an Oro Valley grocery store on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">In the video, you can see a bear cub dash through the aisle of a Fry\u2019s Grocery store <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Fry&#039;s+Pharmacy\/@32.4000205,-110.955398,918m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d60c55eb8a716b:0x5686462f04f7e4f3!2sOracle%2F1st+Av+(OroValley)!8m2!3d32.4000205!4d-110.955398!16s%2Fg%2F11cr_vwhz8!3m5!1s0x86d60c56655102cf:0xacbd56e06c2d1e90!8m2!3d32.4007899!4d-110.9577969!16s%2Fg%2F1yfh_k0vs?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Fry&#039;s+Pharmacy\/@32.4000205,-110.955398,918m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d60c55eb8a716b:0x5686462f04f7e4f3!2sOracle%2F1st+Av+(OroValley)!8m2!3d32.4000205!4d-110.955398!16s%2Fg%2F11cr_vwhz8!3m5!1s0x86d60c56655102cf:0xacbd56e06c2d1e90!8m2!3d32.4007899!4d-110.9577969!16s%2Fg%2F1yfh_k0vs?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">on First Avenue and Oracle Road<\/a>. Police say the bear made a couple of quick laps and then ran out. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Oro Valley police told Arizona\u2019s Family sister station, KOLD 13News, that this was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kold.com\/2025\/09\/26\/shelter-place-oro-valley-school-following-bear-sighting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kold.com\/2025\/09\/26\/shelter-place-oro-valley-school-following-bear-sighting\/\">not their first incident involving a bear<\/a> in the past week. On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaintedSkyElementary?__cft__[0]=AZVRytGJybHpFQc7b1tu7Xv0iaYDZ7EV9DpSGa7sKLmttvrJAqDj10hovU_D5kw65l6bGMxsV1dAIfY6AfjDrVrcmfNJ7CYCuXKBRBKQNVZ16pPumWjURJv_LBybOtPAQ16S3n3Zr1MUDswZKGoFZ51sZZZ4KdLv__wwfLi6Lhsp8HLtvIZCk0Vy5gDZ9pI0HOc&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paintedskyelementary?__cft__[0]=azvrytgjybhpfqc7b1tu7xv0iaydz7ev9dpsga7sklmttvrjaqdj10hovu_d5kw65l6bgmxsv1daify6afjdrvrcmfnj7cycuxkbrbkqnvz16ppumwjurjv_lbybotpaq16s3n3zr1mudswzkgofz51szzz4kdlv__wwfli6lhsp8hltvizck0vy5gdz9pi0hoc&amp;__tn__=-]k-r\" target=\"_blank\">Painted Sky Elementary School<\/a> was asked to shelter in place after a bear was sighted nearby. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Witnesses told 13News that the bear came out of the wash and was on the sidewalk. Neighbors say that while wildlife isn\u2019t uncommon in the area, they\u2019ve never seen bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Arizona Game and Fish said it\u2019s been a busy year for bears in southern Arizona. They said they\u2019re monitoring several in the Oro Valley and Tucson area, which often come down the mountain looking for food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">State officials say the best thing to do when encountering a bear is to scare it away with loud noises and get away as quickly and safely as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police could not confirm if it was the same bear in both incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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