The bear was spotted running through Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut on April 11, spooking shoppers.

WEST HARTFORD — Shoppers at Westfarms Mall spotted a black bear in a tree in the mall's parking lot on Friday, according to ...

Video showed the bear sprinting toward the mall, and shoppers went scattering. Wildlife officials were eventually able to ...

Several shoppers "bear-ed witness" to a wild animal sighting at a Connecticut mall. Visitors to Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, Conn., caught sight of a big black bear in a nearby tree and ...

Officials believe the young bear—estimated to be between one and two years old—had just woken up from hibernation and was ...

Video shows a black bear playing ... said she doesn't normally see bears, and she lives near the woods that the bear ran into. Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning.

"With the winter denning season now over, bears become more active in the spring," Healy ... to do if you spot a bear Black bears are increasingly becoming common in Connecticut, according to ...