http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379   http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/408462.html   A few months back my husband and I saw a black bear, not nearly as large, around the same area on the side of the road that had been hit by a car/truck. Has anyone else had any bear sightings?     http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/408462.html   A few months back my husband and I saw a black bear, not nearly as large, around the same area on the side of the road that had been hit by a car/truck. Has anyone else had any bear sightings?   en-us  I saw that on the way to Bakersfield Saturday!  I was like, "Whoa, was that a cow or something?"  And my husband said, "It was a bear!"  I didn't even know we had bears here (duh, Bear Mtn...).  Is it strange for a bear to get hit?  My old truck had a tweaked chassis because the previous driver had hit a moose.  And a few weeks ago I saw a really large cat that had gotten hit.  That seemed weird too.  I saw something on tv about freeways being built across migration routes and that they are particularly devestating to bears- can't diversify the gene pools or something.  Whenever we walk in the moutains, we bring the dogs along.  They make enough noise that they should scare away any wild animals.   http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221577 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221577  I saw that on the way to Bakersfield Saturday!  I was like, "Whoa, was that a cow or something?"  And my husband said, "It was a bear!"  I didn't even know we had bears here (duh, Bear Mtn...).  Is it strange for a bear to get hit?  My old truck had a tweaked chassis because the previous driver had hit a moose.  And a few weeks ago I saw a really large cat that had gotten hit.  That seemed weird too.  I saw something on tv about freeways being built across migration routes and that they are particularly devestating to bears- can't diversify the gene pools or something.  Whenever we walk in the moutains, we bring the dogs along.  They make enough noise that they should scare away any wild animals.    That's to bad that's a beautiful bear. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221650 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221650  That's to bad that's a beautiful bear.  What get me about this bear is that it was a brown bear and I have never seen a brown bear in Tehachapi before. If many of you didn't know, brown bears are also call gruzzy bears and as far as my research went on this subject they have not been in this area for over 100 years. Madkow, If the big cat you saw was the same one I saw a few weeks back, it was a bobcat. Mean little devils but very beautiful cats. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221659 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221659  What get me about this bear is that it was a brown bear and I have never seen a brown bear in Tehachapi before. If many of you didn't know, brown bears are also call gruzzy bears and as far as my research went on this subject they have not been in this area for over 100 years. Madkow, If the big cat you saw was the same one I saw a few weeks back, it was a bobcat. Mean little devils but very beautiful cats.  I did a little more research and must correct myself before some one else does. A gruzzy is a subspecies of the brown bear species. So while the brown bear that got killed was a rarity, it was not a gruzzy but a close cousin. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221667 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221667  I did a little more research and must correct myself before some one else does. A gruzzy is a subspecies of the brown bear species. So while the brown bear that got killed was a rarity, it was not a gruzzy but a close cousin.   Black bears can be brown or  chocolate-brown, cinnamon-brown with a V-shaped white chest blaze. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221670 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221670   Black bears can be brown or  chocolate-brown, cinnamon-brown with a V-shaped white chest blaze.  Yes Gube your right, Black Bears come in many colors. There is a very large 'light tan' colored black bear that lives just North East of town.  I have seen many black bear in this area, and most are not black.   Here is a photo of a small cat killed by a car on Hwy 58 last year. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221720 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221720  Yes Gube your right, Black Bears come in many colors. There is a very large 'light tan' colored black bear that lives just North East of town.  I have seen many black bear in this area, and most are not black.   Here is a photo of a small cat killed by a car on Hwy 58 last year.  Shane do you know if the dead bear was a brown bear for sure? Or was it a black bear? What type of bear was it? http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221729 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221729  Shane do you know if the dead bear was a brown bear for sure? Or was it a black bear? What type of bear was it?   i saw the bear when i was driving back from baks. it was a brown bear for sure peace susan http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221747 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221747   i saw the bear when i was driving back from baks. it was a brown bear for sure peace susan All bears in this area are the species black bear. Some are just not black in color! If this was not a Black bear then it fell out of a truck from another state. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221801 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221801 All bears in this area are the species black bear. Some are just not black in color! If this was not a Black bear then it fell out of a truck from another state.  yes deamkiller that is what I thought. I have never heard of a brown bear around these parts. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221901 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Smokey/24379/#c_221901  yes deamkiller that is what I thought. I have never heard of a brown bear around these parts.