Bear shocks shoppers by running through mall parking lot in Connecticut​on April 17, 2025 at 2:49 pm

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — There was chaos at a mall in Connecticut after a bear charged through the parking lot.

It happened at West Farms Mall in West Hartford last Friday.

Video showed the bear sprinting toward the mall, and shoppers went scattering.

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Wildlife officials were eventually able to chase the bear into the woods nearby.

They say the animal likely recently came out of hibernation and was looking for food.