Black Bear In South Walton Florida!

[The Window Guy]

Pretty good size male black bear just seen around Don Bishop Road. Around 3-400 lbs.
Came up to our screen enclosure and walked around. Scared our cats pretty bad.
Luckily had an air horn handy and he ran off.
First encounter in 12 years!

 

[TJMay]

This was taken right outside the sliding glass door in my home on Western Lake.

 

[John G]

Pretty good size male black bear just seen around Don Bishop Road. Around 3-400 lbs.
Came up to our screen enclosure and walked around. Scared our cats pretty bad.
Luckily had an air horn handy and he ran off.
First encounter in 12 years!

Air Horn is a GREAT idea!!!!

 

[The Window Guy]

Bought (2) air-horns today at Walmart $9.57 for the big one.........

Air Horn is a GREAT idea!!!!

 

[Teresa]

Next time get your camera! Love our black bears. From a distance of course. Saw mama and cub in Grayton Beach stuck up a tree all day as people gathered around which was kind of sad on a hot day. We need to keep garbage out of their reach and apparently arm ourselves with air horns. Lol.

 

[The Window Guy]

Wait til there at "your door" at night and you have (3) cats....
Air-horn was best and humane to get rid of him at night......
(Gun is for back-up....)

 

[Chanticleer Eatery]

That looks like a white chest on that bear am I right? If so that's a mama with two cubs.

 

[gumby]

We had this big boy lurking around our house several years ago. Yes, he is opening the screen door.

 

[bob bob]

They love honey.

 

[John G]

Watch this. Not Local but WOW, from July 2017.

The more we disturb these animals homes with our building, the more we will see of them. The County Building Department should issue free air horns to all neighbors in areas where construction will take place. Just an idea. Perhaps TDC can pay for them in every rental home / condo.... Do they track that sort of thing...?

Terrifying video shows a bear and her two cubs following a man on a trail