SANFORD, Fla. — A family of bears has become the talk of one Seminole County neighborhood.
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Residents in Sanford’s Bookertown community alerted Eyewitness News to the mama bear and her two bear cubs relaxing up in a tree Monday.
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The trio climbed the large tree along Gilbert Street, apparently after a busy morning of rummaging through garbage cans to enjoy some scraps.
One homeowner said she became suspicious when she noticed a trail of trash under the tree.
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“When I was pulling the trash can out near the road for the garbage people to pick up, I heard a growl and I looked up and there was mama and her two cubs up the tree.”
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Wildlife experts said they had no immediate plans to intervene and that the bears would climb down on their own when ready.
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