Ring camera catches black bear roaming around quiet Hudson, Que., community

Authorities are warning people not to approach the bear, to bring pet food indoors and to call the wildlife department if spotted.

In the early morning quiet on Thursday, a black bear appeared, roaming the yard of a Hudson, Que., resident.

Silvia McNally told Global News she was standing in her sunroom having a morning coffee when she couldn’t believe what she saw outside her window.

“A big black shiny bear in my driveway,” McNally said.

McNally told her kids and a local firefighter. She then told her neighbour who was cleaning up garbage after the trash bin was ransacked.

“And I said, ‘Just so that you know, it was a bear.’ And he looked at me and what? I said a bear.”

That same neighbour’s security cameras captured the wild animal walking in front of the house.

“(I was in) disbelief. I think it’s pretty cool that we have that much wildlife around us,” Tara Doherty told Global.

Doherty says normally it’s racoons that go through her household waste. This is the first time the Hudson resident has ever seen a bear in the area.