Bear caught on camera ripping window screen

IMMOKALEE Florida WBBH A mother bear and her two cubs made a visit to an Immokalee neighborhood this weekend and the encounter was all caught on camera Neighbors in the Arrowhead Reserve area say the bear family has become a regular sight but seeing them during the day was something new Video taken Saturday shows the bears wandering through yards and digging through trash on Bush Street West In another clip one of the cubs walks right up to a home and rips the screen off a window The woman who recorded the video notified Gulf Coast News she was about to take her two small children to get the mail when she looked outside and saw the bears She explained they ve been showing up more often as more homes go up nearby Another resident Sully Balderas disclosed she was scrolling on Facebook when she saw the videos and realized they were taken right near her home My heart started pounding I was home alone with my kids Balderas declared And just to think I had my son come outside and throw trash in the bin FGCU biology professor Dr Nora Demers explained maturation across Southwest Florida is pushing wildlife like bears closer to people The amount of evolution that s happening in Southwest Florida is phenomenal Demers mentioned You ve got gated communities where they re putting the houses right up to the conservation areas because they re higher value there The Arrowhead Reserve group sits next to the CREW and Corkscrew Swamp sanctuaries key habitats for Florida black bears FWC reminds residents to secure trash cans bring pet food indoors and never approach or feed bears