Watch Bear Walk on 2 Legs in Morris County Neighborhood

A black bear has been spotted several times recently wandering Jefferson Township on his back two legs.

It’s a rare occurrence, but happens when the bear hurts a front foot, according to Larry Ragonese, press director for New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Ragonese told NBC New York it was “probably a black bear” and said a biologist who examined the YouTube video of the animal roaming the Morris County neighborhood believed it could have a damaged front paw.

The YouTube video was published by user Ian Bohman. Bohman writes in the caption, “This bear was seen at 5:50 a.m. on 8/4/14 in Jefferson Township, NJ.”

Bohman told ABC News it was “surreal” seeing the bear walk on two legs around his Oak Ridge neighborhood.

“I was walking out to my car and turned the corner and there it was just walking straight up the street,” Bohman told ABC News. “It stopped and looked at me and I pulled out my cell phone and it kept walking.”

Bohman, whose video has already been seen more than 330,000 times, said the bear looked overly skinny and not healthy.

“When I saw it, it did look a little skinny and it was sad seeing it looking into an empty garbage can,” he said.

John Leyden posted a second video on Facebook, saying “My next door neighbor took this today on cozy lake road.”

There have been a number of recent bear sightings in the area. A Vernon resident recently interrupted a bear who had broken into her Sussex County home, rummaged through the kitchen and even flooded the countertop by hitting the faucet when it climbed through the window, CBS New York reported.