{"id":239492,"date":"2025-09-19T18:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239492\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:02:15","slug":"panic-after-bear-roams-through-upstate-new-york-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239492\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic After Bear Roams Through Upstate New York School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hudson Valley students and educators were stunned when a bear strolled onto school grounds, and this wasn\u2019t the first time.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, SUNY New Paltz had a new student! I kid about the new student part, but as one Hudson Valley resident put it, there was reportedly an &#8220;interesting campus visitor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bear Seen On Campus At SUNY New Paltz, Again<\/p>\n<p>A bear was spotted roaming through the campus of SUNY New Paltz on what was a beautiful Thursday. The person who shared the photo said he had to close the classroom door to stop the commotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For all the news that the Hudson Valley is sharing, make sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HudsonValleyPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hudson Valley Post on Facebook,<\/a>\u00a0and download the <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hudson Valley Post Mobile App <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another New Paltz resident said her daughter spotted the bear walking back to her apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Ban: <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/ban-these-baby-names-are-no-longer-legal-in-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These Baby Names Are No Longer Legal In New York<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My daughter ran into it on the cut-through path she takes to her apt. She called me in a panic\u2026told her to start carrying bear spray and a whistle to be safe,&#8221; a mother commented on the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Not The First Time A Bear Has Been Spotted On Campus At SUNY New Paltz<\/p>\n<p>PC: Betsy LaPolla<\/p>\n<p>PC: Betsy LaPolla<\/p>\n<p>Officials have yet to comment, but this isn&#8217;t the first time a bear <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/bear-on-campus-suny-new-paltz\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawM6CHJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHocdsIWc0VjLw6wjWHXiBjzN4cu4IFmDxE4O432LpZ3f5nnPkelCo9ZIF8N7_aem_vy7dXEQ9lzcO7JBKOgdt2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strolled onto campus at SUNY New Paltz. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about that scary encounter can be seen below:<\/p>\n<p>Bear on Campus at SUNY New Paltz NY<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday (June 23, 2022) this unassuming good-size black bear wandered onto campus and decided to climb a tree. The SUNY New Paltz Police along with the NYS DEC Police monitored the situation on-site. They were able to encourage the campus visitor to return home without incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleycountry.com\/author\/patyquyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paty Quyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/hudson-valley-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/attachment-No3_nextdoorpromo_newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"Follow Us on Nextdoor\" width=\"450\" height=\"113\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bear Sightings Reported All Over Hudson Valley<\/p>\n<p>Bear sightings increased this summer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/?p=205591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">across New York State<\/a> and the Hudson Valley, including recent sightings in Saugerties, <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/?p=206491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison, and Croton-on-Hudson. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tips to avoid conflicts with bears this summer in New York State can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p>DEC Issues Bear-wise Tips<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LOOK: What black bears want, and how to deter themLOOK: What black bears want, and how to deter them<\/p>\n<p>Black bears are on the move in New Jersey and all 21 counties need to be ready. Here&#8217;s a look at what might attract them to your property should one be sighted in your area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/nj1015.com\/author\/mikebrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Brant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fact Check: Was a Mountain Lion Or Cougar Spotted In New York<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson Valley students and educators were stunned when a bear strolled onto school grounds, and this wasn\u2019t the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6339,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-239492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-hudson-valley-news","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115232279692636128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}