CRUSHED DUMPSTER LEADS PARK RANGERS TO THEORY.Byline: Daily News From a distance, the resident ranger at Santa Clarita Woodlands Park wondered Tuesday if a raccoon raccoon, nocturnal New World mammal of the genus Procyon. The common raccoon of North America, Procyon lotor, also called coon, is found from S Canada to South America, except in parts of the Rocky Mts. and in deserts. were responsible for the ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. trash can at the park. But a closer look indicated a much larger animal was playing scavenger in the state park west of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. in Newhall. ``I think we're going to find a bear around here today,'' Ranger Wayne Dailey said as he surveyed the heavy trash can that had been toppled, its contents strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. about and licked clean. A short walk to a parking lot all but proved his theory. The lid to a large Dumpster was crushed, large garbage bags chewed open and more signs suggested that picnickers' trash could be mighty tasty. The discovery of that mess, and another vandalized garbage can at the park entrance solved one mystery for Dailey. His dog, he said, had awakened him in the night, barking fiercely. ``There was definitely something out here,'' he said. ``The dog was going wild.'' Black bears are native to the Santa Susana Mountains The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west separating the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley on its south from Santa Clara River Valley to the north and and occasionally wander through the Woodlands on the southhwestern edge of the Santa Clarita Valley. |
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