{"id":745457,"date":"2026-07-05T23:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:50:13","slug":"black-bear-seen-in-troutman-neighborhood-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745457\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear seen in Troutman neighborhood \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">TROUTMAN, N.C. \u2014 A black bear has been seen roaming around the Barium Seasons neighborhood in Troutman, police said Sunday in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Bears normally move quickly through an area looking for food, and if there is none, they move on, the Troutman Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">If you see a bear, keep your distance. Ensure children are at play in a secure area and under adult supervision. Keep your dogs on leashes and be aware of what\u2019s around you. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/ILAXBNXAYRAOTDAKMPX2PY6TPI.jpg\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Black bear seen in Troutman neighborhood Screenshot <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TROUTMAN, N.C. \u2014 A black bear has been seen roaming around the Barium Seasons neighborhood in Troutman, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[320075,320074,16638,79,320073,201],"class_list":["post-745457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-barium-seasons","tag-bear-behavior","tag-black-bear","tag-science","tag-troutman-police-department","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745457","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=745457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}