Bear raids chicken coop — Where? Sebastopol (!)

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Another bear showed up in a place last week where nobody can remember seeing one. This time it was in Sonoma County, where at mid week, a bear raided a chicken coop near Sebastopol. The bear was then seen and photographed by several people in the area near Green Hill Road and Occidental Road, reported field scout Paul Judge, who lives in the area and is a volunteer for the National Park Service. Bears can show up in the strangest place because of one reason: They are hungry. That is what inspired a bear to swipe a pie left to cool on an open windowsill at a home on the [...]

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