A bear was spotted Tuesday evening roaming around the Anthem Ranch neighborhood in north Broomfield.
The bear has since left Broomfield as of Wednesday morning, according to a Broomfield Police Department post on X. People spotted the bear in the area of Colorado 7 and Lowell Boulevard and then on Bierstadt Loop, according to an earlier X post.
Police had asked people to bring their pets inside if they lived in the area, according to the post.
Officers had kept Colorado Parks and Wildlife in the loop while monitoring the situation Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, according to the post.
A bear sighting in Broomfield isn’t out of the ordinary, according to Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Kara Van Hoose.
“As long as they can find food, they’re going to continue into metro areas,” Van Hoose said.
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Parks and Wildlife has seen bears make their way to Centennial and even Aurora, she said. If a bear got into downtown Denver, that would be weird, Van Hoose said, but Broomfield makes sense.
People should be more vigilant about their trash to help keep bears out and keep bears safe, Van Hoose said.
That means taking trash out in the morning rather than at night, not putting pet food outdoors, cleaning grills and taking down bird feeders from Easter to Thanksgiving, she said.
Hazing a bear with flashing lights, banging pots and pans, or setting off a car alarm could help make it uncomfortable and stop trying to find food in the area, Van Hoose said.
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