A young black bear wandering through a Smyrna neighborhood has residents on alert after newly obtained security video captured the animal walking through a backyard, approaching a home and briefly climbing onto the side of the house.
The encounter happened over the weekend in the Carrington Park subdivision near Cottesford Drive and Windy Hill Road.
The security camera video shows the bear strolling through a backyard before walking up to the back of a home, climbing onto the house for a few moments and then wandering away…