Bear Invades Home -
Ordeal for Terrified Mom & Her 2 Children
Vernon (New Jersey) Web News
June 12, 2003
Yesterday morning a black bear bashed through the screen door of a Highland Lakes residence and feasted in the kitchen while a mother and her two children, ages 2 and 7, barricaded themselves in a bedroom.
Lisa Spirko and her children finally got out the bedroom window to safety when police and a biologist from Fish&Wildlife , responding to the frantic call made at 8:30 a.m., arrived at the home on Agawa Road.
Police speculated that the bear, which was shot dead after fleeing the premises via another window, had been in the house for about half an hour. Two of the bear’s yearlings were in the vicinity but did not enter the house and eventually went away.
New Jersey’s bear population is estimated at between 1350 and 3300, and reported incidents of aggressive behavior continue to mount statewide. A six-day hunt, to be conducted in December, has been proposed by the state.
Article source: http://www.vernonweb.com/vwnews.htm
The previous news item is also available from the Newark Star Ledger website, titled:
A Hungry Black Bear Barges Into Kitchen
By Patty Paugh, Tanya Drobness
& Star Ledger Staff
June 12, 2003
Article source: http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-3/105539953559010.xml
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