Bear sightings continue to be reported in the Valley, and residents in one part of Grottoes say bears are starting to roam their neighborhood.

Bear tracks are something Connie Morris is getting used to seeing around her home off Randall Road in Grottoes because she has a new neighbor in a 300-pound bear.

She says, "We've been seeing the bear out a lot more. And it's coming up on people's porches and so forth."

Morris say the animal is terrorizing the neighborhood, ripping up trash, clawing up trees and holding nothing back when it comes to approaching homes.

She adds, "My daughter said, 'I think it's the bear,' and sure enough my husband got out and shined the flashlight and the bear was standing there."

However, the bear is more than just a nuisance for Morris. She says she is starting to have some serious concerns.

"I do get scared because sometimes we come in late at night and that's generally when we see it, or even hear it," says Morris.

Morris says they've stopped putting bird feeders outside and they're doing their best to keep the trash out of reach. However, she says the bear continues to find a way.

She says, "Just last week, my husband had trash on the back of his truck and he crawled up in the back of the truck and dragged the trash out to the woods there."

People in the neighborhood are being asked to be careful of their surroundings and not to leave any trash outside that may attract the bears.