Smarter Than Your Average Bear: Mercer Co. Community Has One Wild Day

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FARRELL, Pa. (KDKA) — Bear sightings have become fairly commonplace in western Pennsylvania, but this one was a bit more challenging.
This bear climbed a tree in Farrell, Mercer County, on Friday, and while it is down now, trapping it wasn’t easy for wildlife officials.
“The wife spotted him looking out the kitchen window, and he was over by the big tree in our side yard,” Farrell resident, Kenneth Russell, said.
Russell says he generall