A bear came tumbling out of a tree on Wednesday in Tracy , California after being stuck in the branches for over two hours and it was later safely released back into the wild . Onlookers gasped as the 175lb bear fell several feet after California Fish and Wildlife officers shot the female with four tranquilizer darts . Three of the chemical filled arrows hit the animal and it tumbled safely into a waiting tarp , reports Fox . Scroll down for video . Recovery : Wildlife officers attend to the 175lb female bear that fell out of the tree on Wednesday . Stuck : A 175lb bear was stuck in a tree in Tracy , California for over two hours on Wednesday until wildlife officials hit it with tranquilizer darts . Big crowd : Onlookers gasp as the bear tumbles down from the tree after being stuck for hours . In rapture : Tracy residents gather to see the bear that somehow ended up in their neighborhood on Wednesday and that got stuck in a tree for two hours . Homeowner Daniel Sotelo told News 10 that he did n't notice a bear outside his property until kids started assembling around his home . ' I went to the gym came back home , and did n't notice it , so I think it was up there the whole time , ' said Daniel Sotelo . Tracy police say that it could take hours for the bear to wake up from the tranquilizers but that it was not seriously harmed . How the bear ended up in the neighborhood and why it climbed into the tree is a bit of a mystery since there is no forest or mountains nearby which is normally a bear 's natural habitat , reports NBC . Unharmed : The bear fell several fit but when it woke from the tranquilizers it was free to go back into the wild . Going home : The bear spotted earlier in the day in Tracy is taken by wildlife officials to a natural habitat . Timber ! : The bear fell from the tee into a trap below after it was hit by three tranquilizer darts on Wednesday . Safe landing : The bear landed relatively safely on Wednesday and is a good candidate to be released back into the wild once it regains strength after the fall . Tracy , California resident T.J. Hines says he thinks he may have hit a bear with is car earlier in the week . ' I was told by an officer I must have hit a bear . A bear in Tracy , California ? ' said T.J. Hines to News ` 10 . Hines said he did n't see the bear but that he saw fur on the bumper . ' I have fur on the car . It definitely looks like bear fur , '' said Hines . On Monday , a Tracy resident snapped a photo of a bear near Grantline and Corral Hollow roads . The female bear caught on Wednesday was safely released into the wild on Wednesday night . Mystery : It 's a bit of a mystery as to how the bear ended up in Tracy since there are no near forests or mountains that are typically considered a bear 's habitat . Rescue : The California Department of Fish and Wildlife transported the bear to a safer environment . Safe release : The bear was released into the wild at 2:00 AM on Wednesday night .
Onlookers gasped as the 175-pound bear fell several feet after California Fish and Wildlife officers shot the female with four tranquilizer darts . The female bear was unharmed and was safely released back into the wild on Wednesday night . A male black bear, which had been seen in a nearby park, also died from injuries sustained during the attack.