An early morning party near Lehigh University's campus was startled by an unexpected guest wandering through South Side Bethlehem.

City police responded to a flood of 911 calls for a black bear roaming the city about 2 a.m. Saturday near Fifth and Pierce streets, Chief Mark DiLuzio said.

"I guess the bear must have gone to the party -- near the party -- and surprised a bunch of people," he said.

DiLuzio said it was the same bear seen Friday wandering the university's Goodman Campus where Stabler Arena and university athletic facilities are located, in Bethlehem near the border with Lower Saucon Township.

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Police and Pennsylvania Game Commission officers set up a perimeter and treed the bear before tranquilizing it, DiLuzio said.

A notice on the university's website said the bear was captured about 4:30 a.m. No injuries, either to people or the bear, were reported.

"The bear wasn't any threat to anybody," game commission officer Tyler Kreider said. "It was just looking for somewhere to eat, take a break ... ."

Kreider estimated the bear to weigh 300 pounds. A tattoo inside its lip indicates it came from New Jersey, Kreider said, though he had not yet determined in what part of the Garden State the bruin was marked. There were no signs of an ear tag, which would normally be applied in Pennsylvania.

The bear will eventually be on its way, courtesy of the game commission, to someplace more remote "as nature intended," DiLuzio said.

"A happy ending, you might say."

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