{"id":599783,"date":"2026-04-22T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599783\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:13:08","slug":"video-shows-black-bear-roaming-neighborhood-in-durham-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599783\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows black bear roaming neighborhood in Durham, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">DURHAM, N.C.  (WTVD) &#8212; A black bear was spotted on camera roaming a Durham neighborhood near Sandy Creek Park and Highway 501.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Video shows the bear walking up on residential driveway in daylight. A neighbor also reported finding what appeared to be bear droppings nearby the same day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/north-carolina-wildlife-officials-warn-rising-black-bear-sightings-spring\/18844921\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Officials say<\/a> sightings of animals such as snakes, coyotes, foxes, and black bears typically increase this time of year as animals come out in search of food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the Wildlife Resources Commission, black bears rarely become aggressive toward people, and attacks on humans are very uncommon. However, officials stress the importance of keeping a safe distance and avoiding any interaction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">If you encounter a bear near your home, wildlife experts recommend never feeding or approaching the animal. North Carolinians should also secure food sources, including garbage and recycling, remove bird feeders when bears are active, and clean and store grills and smokers properly.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) &#8212; A black bear was spotted on camera roaming a Durham neighborhood near Sandy Creek&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[261058,79,201],"class_list":["post-599783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-261058","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}