Bear in a Tree Holds Michigan City in Suspense for Hours on Mother’s Day

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Biologist Steve Griffith prepares to fire a tranquilizer dart into a black bear in a tree outside of a home in Traverse City, Mich., on May 14, 2023. Jan-Michael Stump/Traverse City Record-Eagle via AP

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother’s Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mattresses below.

“It’s like the best block party ever,” Annette Andersen said.