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June 3, 2013 / 2:24 PM

Bear reported inside auto body shop

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio, June 3 (UPI) -- Police in Ohio said they responded to an auto body shop on a report of a black bear inside the business.

Willoughby police said the bear, which may have been the same animal spotted recently near Kirkland High School and a BP gas station, was outside the Beidler Road store before officers arrived just prior to 3 a.m. Monday, WEWS-TV, Cleveland, reported Monday.

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The bear was last spotted heading for some railroad tracks near a trailer park.

Police said they are not currently searching for the animal.

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