French Beach park closed after bear runs amok, ripping tents, getting into vehicles

Angela Fletcher and her family were sleeping in their trailer at French Beach Provincial Park this week when a bear started running amok in the campground.

She said the bear went into about four campsites during the early hours of Wednesday, ripping some tents and getting into people’s vehicles. Others got into their vehicles and started driving around, hoping the lights would drive the bear away, said Fletcher.Conservation officers with two bear traps were on the scene later Wednesday morning and the Fletcher family was told they were looking for possibly two bears — a mother and her two-year-old cub, based on reports from other campers.B.C.

Fletcher said while she was growing up in Victoria, her family enjoyed years of camping at French Beach, and never encountered bears there.

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