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Norfolk County Bear Is Latest In Eastern Mass Post-Hibernation Sightings Norfolk County Bear Is Latest In Eastern Mass Post-Hibernation Sightings
Norfolk County Bear Is Latest In Eastern Mass Post-Hibernation Sightings Black bear populations in Massachusetts are on the rise, and human populations are getting glimpses of their increasingly-common ursine neighbors. Several reports of broken or knocked over bird feeders arose the Sharon Police Department's suspicions that a bear was in the area of Furnace Street and Gavins Pond Road, behind Shaw's Plaza, the police department said on Facebook.  These suspicions were confirmed when a resident on Furnace Street sent police a video of a curious black bear near their home, which Sharon police shared on Facebook on Sunday, May 8.  Several reports over the p…