PARK CITY, Utah, May 29, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Multiple agencies came together to rescue a treed bear Thursday in a Park City residential setting.
“Early this morning, a young American black bear was spotted climbing a tree in the Prospector neighborhood,” Park City police said.
Officers from the department responded to the scene and located the bear before notifying wildlife officers and biologists with the Utah Department of Natural Resources to assess the situation.
The bear was easily 40 feet up a tree, complicating the logistics of reaching the no doubt stressed-out youngster. But the Park City Fire District also responded to the scene with a ladder truck, which allowed the DNR to get close enough to dart the visitor with a tranquilizer.
The wildlife officials were able to safely tranquilize and remove the bear from the tree. “The bear will be relocated to a more suitable habitat,” police said, “away from residential areas and busy roadways.”
It wasn’t immediately clear if the bear would be reporting back to his contemporaries of his encounter with a higher power as a religious experience or an alien encounter, either defying explanation within the fur-bearing culture.
Photo: Park City Police Department
