Bob Hamilton, KMOX News
June 9, 2014 1:00 AM
It’s not unusual to see black bears in the Ozarks south of St. Louis.
They come up from Arkansas where that state is re-introducing them.
When new bears are born, their search for their own territory can take them across the state line into Missouri.
But, could the Arkansas bears have found a way to get across the Mississippi River?
Now, they’re turning up in Illinois.
Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home near Rockford Saturday morning where a resident spotted a bear eating berries in his yard.
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