Bear Terrifies Shoppers After Wandering Into Pittsburgh-Area Sears
- Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:00am by
Erica Ritz
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(Photo: TRIB via the New York Daily News)
Authorities say they have no idea why a bear walked across the parking lot and through the automatic doors of a Pittsburgh-area Sears Saturday night, but they were able to contain the situation.
Panicked shoppers were promptly evacuated as the bear ran up and down the aisles, according to the BBC.
The beast, estimated to be 1 1/2 years old, reportedly growled at customers before getting stuck in another pair of double doors.
WTAE has more information, and video of the unusual event:
“It darted past several people. They didn’t even know it was a bear,” shopper Matt Marcinik told local media.
Michelle Eckert added: “As we got to the exit, one employee says: ‘There’s a bear!’ And we all look at each other, and we just run out.”
The animal was eventually tranquilized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and removed from the mall. No injuries were reported, but the bear appeared to be bleeding as it was maneuvered outside.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (51)
JQuentinEvermann
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:53pmIf the Dems revoke the 2nd amendment, then this would just be a case of a bear torso flopping around on the ground.
Report Post »Gums
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 5:33pmWhat the F?
Report Post »getourcountryback
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:49amOh, the bear was just looking for a new Pik-a-nic basket. Yogi must have taken hers.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:47amAwe he was cute.
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:39amIt wasn’t me.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 6:11amBears don’t eat toads, do they? :0
Report Post »RedManBlueState
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:31amI tend to growl at people at the mall too.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 10:04amI wish this would happen at MY mall. I might go shopping with the wife more often….
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 10:00am“Bear Terrifies Shoppers After Wandering Into Pittsburgh-Area Sears”
Yeah, I’m really terrified of a bear cub – looks all of 60 pounds.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 10:28amLooks like a 100-120 pounder to me…but if you think a 60 pound black bear is going to roll on its back and play like a puppy, go right ahead.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:50amWe obviously need more anti-bear laws.
Report Post »RedManBlueState
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:25amWhen bears are outlawed, only outlaws wil…… Oh, never mind.
Report Post »MrObstat
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:01pmWell, the second amendment gives one the right to arm bears — or something like that.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:46amWell is is a female bear. Perhaps an uncontrollable urge to buy shoes and Sears was just a entry to the mall itself.
Report Post »JednaVira
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:36amIt’s an Obama economy: The bear was just looking for work!
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:35amShe was probably attracted by the smell coming from the Cinnabon next door. :-D
Report Post »IslandMama
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:24amDoes that bear have a collar on? It looks like he is wearing a collar in the photo.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:58amYes, it was a tracking collar. They mentioned it on the local news yesterday.
Report Post »SMOOSE
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:21amSears is still open??
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:26amAll of the comments here are hilarious, but yours is the best by far.
Report Post »GOGUINZ
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:14amyes, but just “bearly”
Report Post »kenny d from Suffolk
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:01pmROFLMAO, Goguinz! Thanks, I needed that.
Report Post »SolitudeBliss
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:18pm@ Goguinz LMAO, Good One.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:08amShepard Smith will absolutely “do” this bear story.
Report Post »SolitudeBliss
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:19pmI know !!!! What is it with him and the Bears? LOL. At least it didn’t get darted out of a tree onto a trampoline.
Report Post »chuckone
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:01amCome on… Give hime a break. He was just shopping for the bear necessities…
Report Post »voxpopuli2012
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:59amWhat else is a girl supposed to do in Pittsburgh on a Saturday night? (Yes, according to local media, the bear was a one year-old female.) No guys around and mom’s nowhere to be found. I’m not sure about her taste in stores, but what better way to spend a sultry Saturday evening? Subsequent reports also indicated that the bear was from Cambria county, some 60 miles from where she was apprehended. After a nice sleep, she was back in her home county Sunday morning.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:55amComrades, and once again the police show up only 3-1/2 minutes after the bear purchased a new set of slippers!
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:46amTime to BAN all automatic doors for being a danger to society. A deer, a bear, or an elephant can casually gain entrance through these dangerous doors. Think of the Children!!!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:02amOHHHH the humanity!!
Report Post »RedManBlueState
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:30amA deer, a bear, and an elephant walk into the mall…….
.. take my rhinoceros, please!
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:43am12 Monkeys
Report Post »SolitudeBliss
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:21pmThe Army of the 12 MOnkeys
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:12amGive the Bear a break. He/she Bear has obviously been taught to read at Liberal Bear School… saw the name SEARS and thought it said BEARS.
Report Post »SMOOSE
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:21amWell played!
Report Post »Charb
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 5:34amAction News Reporter, Bob Hazen: “This bear, we are told, came from somewhere else.” Can I quote you on that, Bob?! (Oh, I am told that I just did).
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 5:21amThere was a sale on Winnie the Pooh stuff at the Disney Store, and the bear thought it was worth the risk.
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:23amMaybe he was looking for Goldie Locks
Report Post »SolitudeBliss
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:22pmShe was heading to the Sleep By Number Store, getting a bed that will be just right :-)
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:56amQuite possibly he was looking for a hacksaw to remove that Government tracking collar seems even the bears are becoming suspicious about GPS tracking.
Report Post »Metalstr8jckt
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:14amGood one! I might add he was warning us about our cell phones which also have that capability. His tracker is also not optional. Our “collars” are just invisible to the naked eye.
Report Post »Melika
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:16amSo someone in the government was tracking this bear and didn’t notice it had wandered 60 miles from home into a major city department store? For some reason, though not surprised I’m still a little amazed.
Report Post »BlasberryStrat
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:51amLittle Black Bear With A Little Bare Butt…
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:21amDoes anyone still use a Blackberry? …just wonderin’…
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:01amWhy hes gotta be black?
Report Post »BlasberryStrat
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:20amI don‘t know about a ’Blackberry’. I refuse to even ‘advertise’ my life by having an i-phone.
“Blasberry” is a color in Dupont ChromaLusion paint line up. It changes seven colors, from ‘gold, red, purple, blue, teal, etc.’ I painted one of my many Fender Stratocasters (2 years BEFORE Eric Clapton received his “one of a kind” Strat), when I painted my car. The car and Strat are a theme “Fender Rod” in car shows.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 6:15amIt sounds nice, but can you PLAY it? :)=
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