Jackson County’s Waterloo State Recreation Area is a popular local hiking location.  Well, hikers might want to be on the lookout for a 600 pound black bear in the coming days.  Police and animal control officials believe that the bear is an escapee.  Jackson Citizen Patriot excerpts and link:

A black bear destroyed bird feeders in a Waterloo Township yard and fled before police and Jackson County Animal Control officers arrived. The homeowners, whose house is in a woods on Jordan Road, saw a large bear in their backyard shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday.

“He was standing up at the bird feeders and ran into the woods when my husband opened the curtain,” the woman said. She asked not to be identified.

The bear, estimated at about 600 pounds, apparently had destroyed some bird feeders Tuesday night. The couple initially blamed it on raccoons. The bear returned to the bird feeders two more times before authorities arrived, the homeowner said.

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