This is like the end of the second act of an animated kids movie about a group of kids who befriend a lonely bear, only to have it captured by mean adults (who secretly just want to not let the bear eat the kids)!
All that’s left is the third act, where the kids beat the school officials at their own game and break the bear out of bear prison and release him back into the wild! LOLz!
Back to reality though – in Montclair, NJ all outdoor activities were suspended because a black bear was seriously just stalking delicious children!
The bear wandered around the town for more than a day, then climbed a tree — its last tree — where he was caught. The worst part is that bear just looked SAD the entire time, and we aren’t even joking!
Here’s what one horrified onlooker said:
“The poor bear was just sitting in the tree with like a hundred people looking at him. The police were banging on the tree with clubs until animal control got there.”
They were making noise to keep it up there, but it just seems so cruel to us!
Experts arrived TWO HOURS LATER (WTF?), and shot the black bear with tranquilizers. He was estimated to be 18 months old, and weighed 158 pounds.
Luckily the kids in the town could finally go outside and do stuff again.
Unluckily, the bear is going to be returned to the wilderness having gained zero friends!
Whomp whomp! (We’re glad everyone — including the bear — is okay!)
[Image via Selma Avdicevic/baristanet.com.]