Shelley Simmons-Bloom, who lives on Beekman Street in Beacon, shared the video below of a bobcat she spotted on Aug. 8 on the hillside behind her building. She had taken photos when the bobcat visited on Aug. 5. Simmons-Bloom noted that a juvenile bear was also seen in the neighborhood in early July. She spotted the bear at the Metro-North station and then again behind her building.

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