TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: The bear has been captured and relocated, according to Gary Morse with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
No further details were released.
PREVIOUS STORY: Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission finally coaxed down a bear in a tree in a backyard in Winter Haven.
But the bear ran off into a wooded area.
- Bear was in Winter Haven neighborhood Monday
- Black bear, about 120 pounds, up in tree
- FWC responded, bear came down out of tree last night
It took all day Monday, but the black bear finally climbed down late Monday, just after 10:30 p.m.
FWC crews used a variety of methods to try and coax the bear out of the tree behind a home near Drexel Avenue and Hebb Street.
A group of home schooled children first spotted this bear this morning near Lake Elbert. The bear ran off and ultimately scampered about 15 feet up into a tree in a backyard.
Authorities said the black bear was a male and about 120 pounds.
The bear was not trapped by the officers and was last seen running toward the woods.