By KATE RYAN, Courtesy of WTOP. When Shecara West was told there was a black bear seen near her home in the Langley Park neighborhood in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Monday, her first reaction was to “Get the burgers off the grill — get the burgers and dogs off the grill and get the kids in the house!”
West and her husband Derek live just down the street from where the bear was seen taking a nap in a tree. They were told by officials to go inside around noon.
Derek West said it certainly wasn’t a routine occurrence.
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