{"id":743085,"date":"2026-07-04T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743085\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:55:19","slug":"black-bear-spotted-strolling-through-purvis-neighborhood-and-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743085\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear spotted strolling through Purvis neighborhood and golf course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PURVIS, Miss. (WDAM) &#8211; Some folks in Purvis got quite the sight this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Purvis residents spotted a Black bear strolling through the Beaver Lake neighborhood around 11:30 Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bear was seen walking in driveways and front lawns, and even on the nearby golf course. Maybe they were looking for someone to play a round with!<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Black bears are native to Mississippi, and the population has grown in recent years. Here is what people should do when they spot a bear, according to the National Park Service<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">If you go unnoticed by the bear, stay calm and quiet until the bear moves out of the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">If you ever find yourself in a standoff with a bear, make yourself known by looking as large as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Remember, bears are usually just curious creatures and do not view humans as prey. Most bears will avoid humans if they hear them coming.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"WDAM 7 On Your Side composer template image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PNCWZZZLGNEQJJNRWLTM7TF3DE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"182\" \/>WDAM 7 On Your Side composer template image(WDAM7)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Want more WDAM 7 news in your inbox? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdam.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDAM. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PURVIS, Miss. (WDAM) &#8211; Some folks in Purvis got quite the sight this morning. Purvis residents spotted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[78049,16405,15226,9599,3466,319238,79,122571,76919,201],"class_list":["post-743085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bear-sighting","tag-black-bears","tag-golf-course","tag-mississippi","tag-native","tag-purvis","tag-science","tag-wdam","tag-wdam-7","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743085","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=743085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}