Wayward Bear Performs Circus Act In Omak

A black bear that climbed a walnut tree in Dale Johnsen’s back yard had the good fortune to fall onto a trampoline after wildlife agents tranquilized it.

The 150-pound bear was spotted Monday when Johnsen looked out a window, said his daughter, Elaina Morris-Johnsen.

They watched the bear climb the tree and nestle in the branches.

Law enforcement and wildlife officers arrived, and animal control agent Marvin Krueger shot two tranquilizer darts into the bear, Morris-Johnsen said.

Before the bear fell out of the tree, someone noticed a trampoline in a nearby yard, she said. A group moved the trampoline and got it under the tree just as the unconscious bear fell.

“He hit that trampoline and boing, boing, it was bouncing in the air,” Morris-Johnsen said. “It couldn’t have been a better ending for the bear.”

The bear was released into the wild on Tuesday.