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That is, until white settlers arrived and wiped the bears off the landscape.

Over time, white settlers wiped the creek’s namesake bears off the landscape, too.

When the bears couldn’t be roused, base security was called and sounded sirens meant to scare the bears off, she said.

But officers weren’t able to chase the bear off Sept. 9, and said the bear tried to intimidate officers.

Grant’s golden retriever, Jake, leaped forward and chased the bear off the property, driving it into the woods.