Police in Germany scrambled to investigate the sighting of a large black bear on the loose in a forest. They were relieved and amused by what they found.
Memories of Bruno, the brown bear tragically shot dead in Bavaria last July, resurfaced at the weekend when a large black bear was spotted in the Black Forest region of southwest Germany.
Police in the small town of Titisee-Neustadt were alerted by a hiker who reported seeing the beast on the edge of a forest.
"The call prompted us to dispatch a squad car immediately," said Dieter Klipfel, spokesman for the Titisee-Neustadt police department.
The officers did indeed find the bear. "He didn't seem to be moving much though," said Klipfel.
The bear turned out to be a lifesize replica positioned in a field as a target for the local archery club, which had received special permission to place him there, Klipfel said.
"Thank God we didn't shoot him," said Klipfel.
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