Bellevue man captures rare backyard encounter with mother black bear and cub on video

A Bellevue man spotted a black bear and her young cub in his backyard and caught the whole encounter on video.
Michael Tokarchek said he often has wildlife visitors explore his property, but seeing two black bears up close and personal was a first for this animal lover.
Tokarchek said the cub returned to his backyard on Friday and was searching for food in the bird feeders.
Tokarchek said the bears seemed curious and didn't seem to mind his cat who was meowing from behind the sliding glass door.
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[@CarlaHanson68]

Wow, what an incredible sight to see, very cool! That is a biiiiiig black bear....definitely one of the biggest I've seen. Thank you for sharing this with us. 🐻

[@billrobbins5874]

Appreciate the tips on what to do too. ♥️👍

[@chanvalentine8283]

Mom looks well fed. I hope that kitty is an indoor kitty.

[@tanyaredfield]

Bears are not carnivores normally. Unless you throw out something.

[@skyvalley3248]

Stop feeding

[@hifistuded]

WA government and voters are feeding illegals at least he is a bear 😂 Stop voting blue no matter who - Texan immigrant

[@annsaunders5768]

Amazing. That guy was brave!

[@runnerfromjupiter]

“Da Bears” -Coach Mike

[@TinaWina1]

Dude, they were there BEFORE you! You invaded their habitat!

[@dewetmaartens359]

How dare you assume that it identifies as a female bear?

[@sharonjones4995]

😂😂😂

[@junesgemini8586]

If you see a bear cub, get to safety. Momma bear is almost always in the vicinity and she is faster than you’d imagine.

[@pamallinder3287]

So beautiful ❤

[@rd2dab]

Black bears cross the road in Bremerton Ive heard

[@mobius4897]

City folk should vote to stop developing rural areas or it will keep getting pushed your way

[@curbozerboomer1773]

This is a total non-story!...Black bears have been seen in many parts of the "Eastside" for decades!...My sister lives in a populated area along the Woodinville-Duvall road...for over 20 years now, she has seen Black bears roaming the area, including her back yard!...She sometimes works in her yard, while knowing, and even spotting bears, within 50 feet of her!...I worry about her safety, but she and her neighbors do not worry one bit! They all own dogs, that obviously will bark like crazy when bears are around the property. I predict that we will eventually hear of some fatal encounter with bears...but folks just accept the risk. So far, the only fatal encounters we see are between cars and bears, deer, etc. The car always wins!

[@riccicrozzie8204]

Really? Miles of forest behind his house, and you think that's where the Bears came from, farken genius !!

[@beatpirate8]

what is this bear eating in his yard. it surely needs more food than flowers and fruits

[@terraj.2835]

They are very common where I live in Issaquah

[@useranonymous1331]

Black bear sightings are rare here? What?? They’re literally in my yard every single year about this time. When they do start appearing, they’re here a lot too. They’ve destroyed more than one of my beehives as well.

[@silverfox9004]

oof 😔 that's probably why they like your yard. Sorry you've been losing beehives to them

[@c.a.5808]

Please keep your cat inside! This Sow & cub are scavenging and will attack eventually. Hence, you're providing food, making it more dangerous to you and the community. 🙏

[@cynthiawoods883]

They r hungry! Need food in the wilderness!

[@A3Kr0n]

Unlike our government, he was wise enough not to poke the bear with a stick.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

You win the Darwin Award, for pointless commentary.

[@kreativekadence]

😂

[@sarachan8932]

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@MrBrownnn696]

How scary