College students partying at Lehigh University last weekend got more than they bargained for when a black bear weighing more than 300 pounds wandered near their festivities, injuring no one but certainly causing a scare.
The Associated Press reported on the "wild" time on the campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania:
The black bear, weighing between 300 and 400 pounds, crashed the party early Saturday near the campus of Lehigh University.
Emergency officials received a flood of 911 calls after the bear was spotted around 2 a.m. in south Bethlehem, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia.
The bear "lumbered close to the party and scared the living daylights out of people," police Chief Mark DiLuzio said.
Lehigh University said in a "Bear Update" on its website that the animal was captured, tranquilized and removed from the area a couple hours later.
The WCAU-NBC report mentioned the bear likely came from New Jersey and perhaps swam across the Delaware River in search of food or a new home. The bear will be released back into the wild.
