2 Bothell (Washington) Schools Locked Down After Bear Sighting

[Ian David]

Source: KIRO7Seattle

Posted: 11:13 am PDT May 18, 2011Updated: 11:36 am PDT May 18, 2011
BOTHELL, Wash. -- Two schools in Bothell are in lockdown after a bear was reported to be seen at 1210 Northeast 160th Street late Wednesday morning.

Both Woodmoor Elementary and Northshore Jr. High are in a modified lockdown as a precaution.

"We have a black bear in the area,” Northshore School District spokeswoman Leanna Albrecht said.

Albrecht said the bear was spotted on or near Northshore's campus earlier Wednesday.

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The King County Sheriff’s Office and agents from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife have been called.

Read more: http://www.kirotv.com/news/27939817/detail.html

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[hlthe2b]

1. Hey, now.... Yogi's gotta eat, too....

;)










(I keed, I keed)

[joeybee12]

2. I used to live in Bothell...apparently this bear is slumming it.

:evilgrin:

[Brickbat]

3. WTF, lockdown?

What's it going to to do, invade? Jayzus H. Up here, you get a bear by the school, it just means inside recess.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. That's essentially what 'lockdown' means in this case.

Keep in mind, we're nuts here in the PWN.

[Botany]

4. call lynn rogers

Black Bears are not a danger

[Xithras]

7. Nope, not really.

I've run into them in the high Sierra's more times than I can count. The only one that's ever concerned me was a momma with her cub, and she just stood her ground and watched me while I backed down the trail a ways.

I wouldn't want to meet a brown bear in a forest, but black bears aren't usually interested in eating people, and they usually only attack animals they want to eat.

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