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A black bear was spotted in Poland on Saturday, June 27.<\/p>\n
A viewer sent this photo to 21 News, indicating that it was taken sometime after 1 p.m. in the area of State Route 170 and Polo Boulevard near the Polo Development properties there.<\/p>\n
An interactive map attached below shows the approximate area where the bear was spotted by the viewer.<\/p>\n
The viewer also specified that the bear could have been headed in the New Middletown direction.<\/p>\n
Adult black bears, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)<\/a>, can weigh anywhere between 150 and 700 pounds, and could be up to five to six-feet-tall when standing upright.<\/p>\n The bear pictured above, the viewer indicated, was not a fully grown adult bear, but was older than a cub.<\/p>\n The ODNR also shares tips on how to avoid any conflicts with black bears<\/a>, as they are typically non-aggressive.<\/p>\n Tips include:<\/p>\n Act calmly and refrain from running<\/p>\n Warn the bear that you are there in a clear, calm voice<\/p>\n Distance yourself slowly by stepping aside and backing away slowly<\/p>\n Raise your arms above your head to appear larger than the bear if it approaches<\/p>\n Clap or shout to scare the bear away<\/p>\n Leave the area<\/p>\n Black bear sightings can be reported to the ODNR through its online form<\/a> or by calling a local county wildlife officer<\/a> or regional District Wildlife Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n Download the WFMJ app for your\u00a0Apple<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Android<\/a>\u00a0smartphone or tablet to get our push alerts as news happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A black bear was spotted in Poland on Saturday, June 27. A viewer sent this photo to 21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[20116,16638,74444,5332,79,201],"class_list":["post-729855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-sighting","tag-black-bear","tag-odnr","tag-poland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729855","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=729855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}