An update on the Bear

The Story was on WIVB channel 4 last night. Here is a link to their coverage:
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2538468&nav=0RapStm1

(Olean, NY, November 8, 2004) - - The call for a cleanup in the aisle took on a little extra urgency when a black bear ambled his way inside an Olean grocery store. News 4's Ellen Maxwell reports the beast left behind an ample reminder of his brief visit.
You might say it was "bear-ly" visible, because it happened so fast.
A surprise customer at the Park n' Shop on West State Street in Olean was caught on store surveillance tape.
As a customer goes to leave the store, a black bear runs through right in front of the ice machine.
Cashier Chris Rau said, "There was a horn beeping out in the parking lot. And we heard this big bang. We thought it was one of our regular customers hitting the building, so so we all headed up to the door to see what it was, and it was the bear barreling in one door, and it got stuck on the out door, trying to get out."
The whole scene unfolded very quickly.
The bear didn't stay for long, but it did manage to leave a memento behind.
Store Manager Dale Threadgill said, "Before he left, he decided to leave his mark; he urinated on our floor, and then he took off down [toward] 12th Street and 13th Street."
It appears someone in the parking lot tried to warn people in the store about the incoming guest by honking his or her car horn.
The bear seemed to be running away from everyone in the store.
Chris Rau said, "We think it got spooked by a car, and just headed this way, and just happened to hit the right door to come in."
A caution sign marks the spot where the bear passed through.
Rau said, "I've seen a lot of crazy things come in here, but that was probably the worst I've seen."
Once the bear left the store, it headed up the street, and climbed a tree.
After a few hours in the tree, the bear finally headed back to the woods.



and it was picked up by the AP
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=2534948