‘Tis the season when black bears wander into places they shouldn’t be — like the nursing home in White Township, Indiana County one made its way inside this week.

No one was injured and the young yearling male bear, weighing 118 pounds, was trapped by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and released in the State Game Lands in Cambria County, said Lt. Andy Harvey, information and education supervisor and a state warden with the Game Commission’s Southwest Region Office.

Nursing home workers at St. Andrew’s Village were able to lure the bear with crispy treats and used a walker to corral the bear out of the building.

Located near a wooded area and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the rural facility offers independent living, personal care and skilled nursing for about 150 residents, said

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