Black bear falls from tree into tarp at Clarion University

CLARION, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Students at Clarion University received quite the surprise during finals week.

They spotted a black bear up in a tree on the western Pennsylvania campus.
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Authorities subdued the bear with two doses of a tranquilizer.



Firefighters then used a bucket truck to knock it out of the tree, allowing the bear to fall into a tarp below.

Witness David Cyphert recorded a video which captured the moment the bear fell from the tree into the tarp below. Clarion Fire and Hose Company No.1 also posted about the rescue on Facebook.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said the bear is OK and was relocated to game lands further north in Clarion County.

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