{"id":677312,"date":"2026-06-01T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/677312\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:34:11","slug":"black-bear-spotted-in-austin-abc-6-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/677312\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bear spotted in Austin &#8211; ABC 6 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(ABC 6 News) \u2013 A black bear has been seen roaming the streets of Austin on Sunday, causing police to urge people to go about their day with caution.<\/p>\n<p>One person said they saw the bear just North of Ramsey Dam at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. Another person saw the bear peeking its head out along Industrial Drive near Austin Public Utilities. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" data-id=\"1115347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PIC-2-Kevin-Seavey-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1115347\"  \/>Kevin Seavey<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" data-id=\"1115346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PIC-3-Kevin-Seavey-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1115346 lazyload\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/581;\"\/>Kevin Seavey<\/p>\n<p>Austin Police said on Facebook that people should remain extra cautious if they are near Todd Park, Old Mill and the Hormel Nature Center. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PIC-1-Carol-McAlister-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1115349 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 393px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 393\/858;width:246px;height:auto\"  data-\/>Carol McAlister<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says attacks from black bears are rare, and they hardly ever become aggressive. If a bear does approach you, the DNR recommends talking to it in a firm voice, back away and keep watching the bear and if a bear follows you, act boldly by yelling or raising your arms. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaaltv.com\/tag\/alex-karwowski\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Karwowski<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaaltv.com\/tag\/austin\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(ABC 6 News) \u2013 A black bear has been seen roaming the streets of Austin on Sunday, causing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[295334,6778,79,201],"class_list":["post-677312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-alex-karwowski","tag-austin","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677312","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=677312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}