Bear heads north to Shoreline, disappears

Update 10 p.m.: The black bear that ran through the middle of Ballard early this morning made a stop Monday afternoon in Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, temporarily closing the park to the public. But a half hour later, it ran south a couple blocks and hasn’t been seen since. Here’s the latest version of …

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Black bear runs through Ballard

Updated 11 a.m.: Seattle Police and Department of Fish and Wildlife officers spent most of the early morning hours trying to capture a small bear roaming the neighborhood. As first reported here on My Ballard, police first joined the chase near 15th Ave. and 77th St. just after midnight. The bear ran through yards and …

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Unknown animal takes over Ballard yard

SeattleTree writes in the forum about some strange animal that’s tunneling around and chewing up their yard: “Good Grief, it’s like Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom around here on 9th & 63rdish. First the 6 raccoons tearing apart things, and coming TOWARDS me even though I had a garden hose on the group of 3 …

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