DEVELOPING: Bear spotted in North Arlington neighborhoods

By ARLnow.com
Published May 13, 2024 at 9:20AM | Updated May 13, 2024 at 10:10AM


Bear spotted in the Williamsburg neighborhood (courtesy Richard K.)

There have been multiple sightings of a black bear in North Arlington neighborhoods this morning (Monday). ... The first sightings were reported in the Yorktown neighborhood. ... “Neighbor spotted small bear in backyard,” one tipster wrote to ARLnow. “South of Yorktown High School, near N. Florida St and 26th Rd. N.”

Others posted on the local social network Nextdoor, including one Yorktown resident who photographed the bear walking from a sidewalk onto a home’s front yard. Notably, it’s garbage collection day in the neighborhood. ... “Just had a black bear the size of a Newfoundland dog in my backyard in Yorktown neighborhood — 2500 block of North Florida St.,” a Nextdoor user wrote around 7 a.m. “He climbed over a 6ft fence into the neighbors property. Be careful before you or your dogs go out!”

“Black bear sighting in Arlington (around 8:30am on 5/13) on N Harrison and 26th St, right up the street from Safeway,” another Nextdoor user wrote around 8:45 a.m. “It ran out of sight into a development.” ... “That is right by the Chestnut Hills playground,” wrote another resident, in response. “Would you be able to call the non-emergency number for the police and tell them?”

The bear, however, appears to be making its way southwest. ... “Bear sighting at 25th Road and John Marshall Drive at 9am,” said a ARLnow tipster in the Williamsburg neighborhood.

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