Early Tuesday morning a bewildered California black bear somehow ended up at a fire station on Vineyard Avenue. The authorities were called and once they arrived, the bear ran through the surrounding neighborhood and climbed a eucalyptus tree near a condo complex.
Staying in that tree for a while, the luckless bear eventually climbed down and fled to a cemetary, where it climbed 25 feet up another tree, where it decided to stay. It took wardens three tranquilizer darts to subdue the animal which weight around 200 pounds.
Oxnard residents were surprised by the wild animal in such an urban area, but state wildlife officials were not as bears are known to travel long distances and have huge amounts of stamina, especially when searching for food.
At a little after 9am, firefighters slowly lifted the sleeping animal to the ground using a make-shift harness and truck ladder. Police say it will be released in Los Padres National Forest.
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