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Bear Wanders Into A High School, No One Cares

Yesterday it was a bear on the campus of MSU, today a bear INSIDE Bozeman High School, others have reported bears in their neighborhoods.

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A video posted on twitter that says it is of a bear in Bozeman High shows people watching the bear as it meanders through a hallway. Conflicting reports suggest that the bear either wandered out on its own or was hustled out by the deputy, as the Helena Independent Record suggests.

The bear’s exploration included a walk through the custodial closet and an attempted climb up a locker.

School officials say there is no threat to students at this time.

A hero dog scared away an attacking bear and saved her owner’s life while they were on a Montana trail. “There’s a wild animal in the building”. And bears are turning up with alarming frequency in places where they’re not wanted. There were no up-close personal interactions with the bear, he said. Sometimes they are also mothers with young cubs. Many bears have learned to associate food with people. According to KRTV, no staff members or students were injured and the bear was chased out of the school by police officers. If this keeps up, we’re going to start lining all the entrances to our buildings with hidden bear traps.

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“It was pretty skittish”, Conwell told the Chronicle.

Kate Cholewa, 53 of Paradise Valley was walking along the Yellowstone River with her 12-year-old dog Carmen when a bear attacked her on Monday. Her black Labrador mix started barking and the bear retreated allowing Cholewa to flee