chesapeake officials in virginia have closed a road in one neighborhood after a mother bear and three cubs were spotted napping in a tree therechesapeake animal services asked residents near the tree on bruin drive to stay inside monday and the general public to stay away from the area officials hope that giving the bears space quiet and time will allow them to leaveblack bears can be unpredictable especially when sows mothers have cubs animal services officials said on facebook this is an extremely stressful situation for the bears so its important to stay away from the area that includes driving past the sitechesapeake police spokesman leo kosinski said dispatchers were first alerted to a possible bear sighting around 2am on monday the virginianpilot reported later that morning officers saw the bears napping in the tree and closed off the area he said