Raleigh man takes video of bear rummaging through backyard

ADAM OWENS HAS BEEN RETRACING

THEIR TRACKS, ONE MAN CAUGHT A

GLIMPSE JOINS US LIVE.

>> Reporter: I HAVE NOT FOUND

THE BEAR BUT WE HAVE BEEN

TRACKING HIM AS BEST WE CAN

TODAY.

WE ARE IN ONE OF THE AREAS

WHERE WE ARE TOLD THERE WAS A

SIGHTING.

THE BEAR RAN ACROSS THE STREET,

RAN THROUGH SOMEONE'S YARD,

JUMPED A FENCE AND A BUSY

SHOPPING AREA IN RALEIGH IS

JUST AT THE END OF THE STREET.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SPOT A

BEAR IN YOUR BACKYARD?

>> FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO GO

INSIDE.

>> Reporter: LUCKY FOR US

BRANDON GRABBED HIS PHONE AND

THIS VIDEO.

>> THE BEAR CAME ON OUR DECK,

SNIFFED AROUND, DOING BEAR

THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE BEAR IN HIS

BACKYARD APPEARED YOUNG, AROUND

100 POUNDS.

A BIOLOGIST WITH NORTH CAROLINA

WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION

SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER

SIGHTINGS.

>> I'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR

REPORTS THIS WEEK.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO

POLICE, ONE OF THOSE WAS NEAR

THE BUSY NORTH HILL SHOPPING

AREA.

HE SAYS IF YOU COME ACROSS A

BEAR, KEEP TWO THINGS IN MIND.

>> DON'T FEED OR APPROACH IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS IS

MATING SEASON FOR BEARS AND IT

IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO

WANDER INTO THE CITY.

BAT SAYS TO MAKE SURE YOU DO

NOT ATTRACT A BEAR SECURE FOOD

AND GARBAGE, EVEN PET FOOD AND

PARTICULARLY ON THE HOLIDAY

WEEKEND.

>> CLEAN AND SECURE YOUR

GRILLS.

PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE COOKING.

A LOT OF NICE SMELLS ARE COMING

OFF THAT GRILL THAT MIGHT

ATTRACT A BEAR.

>> Reporter: THE IDEAL WAY FOR

THE BEAR STORY TO END GERALD

WOULD BE THAT HE WANDERS AWAY

BACK TO THE WILD.

EXPERTS TELL US OCCASIONALLY IT

ENDS UP THEY'RE TRYING TO CROSS

STREETS AND END UP HIT BY A