Sightings of black bears in Illinois, like in Gurnee Wednesday, are becoming less uncommon.
Wednesday morning a black bear was spotted running across the Gurnee Mills parking lot, and experts say these once-rare sigthings are becoming more frequent.Wednesday morning's sighting of a black bear running across the Gurnee Mills parking lot gave parents dropping their children off at daycare a bit of a pause. After all, with no resident populations in Illinois, bear sightings are uncommon though they appear to be becoming less so.
Officers were immediately dispatched to the area to confirm the spotting, but police said the bear was nowhere to be found. This past Saturday, a bear was seen roaming through a person's backyard in Randolph County, about two miles south of EDvansville.
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