{"id":141303,"date":"2025-04-17T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141303"},"modified":"2025-04-17T09:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:31:23","slug":"video-connecticut-shoppers-flee-as-bear-runs-across-mall-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141303","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Connecticut shoppers flee as bear runs across mall parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-tlroasuwvzdfftkx\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/320\/179\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/640\/358\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/768\/432\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1536\/864\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/992\/558\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1984\/1116\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/992\/558\/shopping_bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"On Friday, video taken outside Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut, showed a bear running around as wildlife officers try to corral it away from the public. People can be seen fleeing the area in the background.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">On Friday, video taken outside Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut, showed a bear running around as wildlife officers try to corral it away from the public. People can be seen fleeing the area in the background.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>WEST HARTFORD, Conn.\u2013<\/strong> People outside a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/connecticut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecticut<\/a> mall had a scare when a bear was spotted running near the entrance.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Video from outside Westfarms Mall\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/connecticut\/west-hartford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Hartford<\/a> on Friday afternoon showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildlife<\/a> officers trying to corral a small black bear running around outside.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Wildlife officers were called to the scene Friday when police received reports of a bear in a tree near the mall, according to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Upon responding to the mall, they found a yearling black bear in a tree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/new-york-wildlife-rescue-young-black-bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NEW YORK WILDLIFE RESCUE BUSY CARING FOR ORPHANED BLACK BEARS: &#8216;MIRACLE THEY SURVIVED&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/288\/162\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/576\/324\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/720\/405\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1440\/810\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1336\/752\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/bear-running.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A bear runs from a parking lot in West Hartford, CT, toward a mall. \"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A bear runs from a parking lot in West Hartford, CT, toward a mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Camille M Conover via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Oh my God! Oh my God!&#8221; a woman yells in the video, as the bear darts from the mall&#8217;s parking lot toward a nearby building.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">People near the building are then seen running inside to get away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A person in a green vest, likely a wildlife officer, chases the bear away from the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/coyote-booped-by-mouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH: COYOTE GETS &#8216;BOOPED&#8217; BY ITS POTENTIAL RODENT DINNER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/288\/162\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/576\/324\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/720\/405\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1440\/810\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1336\/752\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/bear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A wildlife officer chases the bear away from the mall.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A wildlife officer chases the bear away from the mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Camille M Conover via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">As the bear runs out of frame, more officers come bounding around the corner, toward the bear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">DEEP said officers were able to get the bear to the woods nearby, and no one was hurt in the incident. Officers reminded residents to be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/deep\/wildlife\/bears\/the-basics-of-living-with-black-bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bear aware<\/a>&#8221; as bears become more active in the spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/bear-connecticut-westfarms-mall-video\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, video taken outside Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut, showed a bear running around as wildlife officers try to corral it away from the public. 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