Department of Conservation says bear in Centralia sighting is cinnamon bear

Department of Conservation says bear in Centralia sighting is cinnamon bear

CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bear spotted in Centralia on Saturday was a cinnamon black bear, according to Missouri Department of Conservation biologist Nate Bowersock. Cinnamon bears are a subspecies of the American black bear. Centralia residents were warned on Saturday to be on high alert in a social media post from police after a "brown bear" sighting in the city. Multiple people have seen the bear and shared videos with ABC 17 News. A cinnamon…