The Brief

A black bear was recently spotted at a Savoy gas station.

Texas Parks and Wildlife notes young bears often wander this time of year and advises the public to stay calm, keep distance, and not feed them.

Report any black bear sightings to Texas Parks and Wildlife or a Texas Game Warden.

SAVOY, Texas - A black bear has been spotted in Fannin County, Texas Parks and Wildlife officials confirm.

Savoy, Texas black bear

What we know:

Video from a gas station in Savoy, about 70 miles north of Dallas, shows the bear running towards the gas pumps and then taking off in the other direction.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists confirmed the sighting.

They say that this time of year, young bears leave their mothers and may end up in unusual places.

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