Black bear sighting in tree at Disney World triggers closures at Magic Kingdom
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working to capture and relocate the bear.
Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom theme park (Landon McReynolds, WKMG)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Sightings of a black bear at Florida’s Disney World caused parts of “The Most Magical Place on Earth” to temporarily close Monday afternoon, the theme park announced.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it safely captured the adult female bear that was reported to be in a tree at the Orlando resort’s Magic Kingdom.
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Around 1:30 p.m. ET, NBC affiliate WESH of Orlando’s helicopter captured aerial footage of what appeared to be the bear in a white tarp carried by multiple law enforcement agents moving out of a wooded area.