Video: The Famous Bipedal Black Bear is Alive and Well

After months without a single sighting of their favorite member of the local wildlife scene, residents in and around the communities of Oak Ridge, Jefferson and West Milford, New Jersey, are relieved to discover that Pedals, the bipedal black bear, is alive and well.

The bear gained social media fame last year because of its penchant for ambling about upright on its hind legs due to injuries to both forelegs.

Because Pedals hadn’t been spotted long after black bears normally come out of hibernation, area residents and the New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Agency feared the bear may have died over the winter. But a video posted on Facebook by Joey Esposito just days ago shows Pedals marching across residential lawns, apparently no worse for the wear.

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