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Small bear sighting near Neilson Road in New SalemNew Salem MA

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Near Neilson Rd, New Salem, MA 01355

A small bear was reported near Neilson Road close to Bears Den in New Salem. Responders investigated the area to locate the animal.

Audio|Source: Franklin County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
If you can make your way of it, near Neilson Road, Richard Johnson called Stacey Struck a small bear on Neilson Road in the area of Bears Den[1].
00:08
Not sure if it's still there.
00:09
Airport to 741, if you turn around 15 feet and then take a left, there's a heat source in there.
00:16
Keep going. Crazy.
00:17
Mr. Deerfield Fire Personnel, Deerfield Fire Personnel respond to the area of 30 county road, reported lines down, shuttle (number withheld).
00:25
All right there, if you stop and move to your left, again, it could be nothing, but I was checking out.
00:31
And then I'm going to have one more for you once you're done checking that out.
00:33
Care, Steve, yeah, could be part of the cattle farm.
00:35
I'll make entry once I get around the fence.
00:37
Okay, the second spot we're going to have you check.
00:39
If you're in the woods, continue your heading and then start walking back out towards the field.
00:43
You're approximately, we'll say, 35 feet while we're seeing here.
00:47
Just be advised I do not have eyes on you right now.
00:49
It's too heavily wooded there.
00:51
Therefore, a canine is directly below you on foot, and I can check as well.
00:55
You want to leave me in?
00:56
Okay, Receive, it's, to the south of that residence I gave you, there's a small little pond.
01:01
If you walk diagonally to the left of that, into the wood line, getting a small heat source there.
01:07
Received, we're going to negotiate our way out of this field and towards that.
01:10
Air 4, that heat source right here in the brush, it's a wellhead, so we can eliminate that.
01:14
We have that.
01:15
The second spot that we're going to have you check, it's right at the edge of the field of that address we gave you, (number withheld).
01:23
Receive. 26-4 to control.
01:25
You can show me out in the area.
01:26
Air forward directly below you is (number withheld) to the south.
01:30
25A station. Racy, ma'am, you're going to be in the area of the strike, correct? Bears down on Newston.
01:35
Afer.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Bears Den: Local area/landmark

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Near Neilson Rd, New Salem, MA 01355
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