SAND SPRINGS, Okla. –<\/p>\n
Residents in Sand Springs<\/a> feared a possible bear sighting after a social media photo showed an animal that some say resembled a bear.<\/p>\n Where and When<\/b><\/p>\n The social media post featured a photo with the stamp date of December 30, 2025, and also the message \u201cAs if 2025 could not get any more wild.\u201d The original poster told News On 6 that it was from the family\u2019s deer cam, located off West<\/a> 41st Street, near Discovery Land. She thought it might be a bear.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to stir anything up\u2026 just thought it was neat that we had a bear on the property in our town. We know bears are in Oklahoma<\/a>, just not commonly seen this far west,\u201d wrote the poster.<\/p>\n Neighbors Have Concerns<\/b><\/p>\n Even though most properties are located near wooded areas, the idea of a bear was still far-fetched and a surprise to most, including Tammy Taylor.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would probably be a big surprise. We have never seen a bear out here. I\u2019ve never even heard of a bear being out here,\u201d said Taylor, who has lived in the area known as Prattville<\/a> for about 40 years.<\/p>\n Susanna Kramer has lived in the area for nearly 30 years, and she also thought it was a bear.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looks like a bear to me. I don\u2019t\u2014I couldn\u2019t tell you what color it is,\u201d said Kramer, who says she has been more worried about packs of dogs than bears.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have a lot of police cars. We don\u2019t have a lot of, you know, any of that out here. So I\u2019m not concerned about it until I see him walking around my back deck or up in here, then I\u2019ll get concerned,\u201d said Kramer<\/p>\n Department of Wildlife Conservation Weighs In<\/b><\/p>\n