{"id":328430,"date":"2025-12-06T04:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328430\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:18:07","slug":"weird-way-officials-are-trying-to-lure-a-550-pound-bear-out-from-underneath-altadena-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328430\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird way officials are trying to lure a 550-pound bear out from underneath Altadena home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials are now turning to a new strategy in hopes of luring a 550-pound bear out from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/us-news\/bear-caught-on-camera-squeezing-itself-into-california-crawl-space\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">underneath a California home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The brown bear has been cooped up under <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/02\/us-news\/second-bear-crashes-altadena-mans-sweet-roll-rescue-plan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena resident<\/a> Ken Johnson\u2019s home for more than a week in what Johnson has jokingly referred to as a \u201cbear-y\u201d serious situation.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had attempted to get the massive animal out using jelly rolls and sweet treats, but to no avail. Now, officials from The California Department of Fish and Wildlife have intervened using sweet-scented spray to lure the bear out.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are now turning to a new strategy in hopes of luring a 550-pound bear out from underneath a California home. NBCLA<\/p>\n<p>The brown bear has been cooped up under Altadena resident Ken Johnson\u2019s home for more than a week. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a chemical compound that is highly concentrated and has a very potent smell of caramel and cherries and that is in an effort to coax the bear out from where it is right now\u201d CDFW spokesman Cort Klopping told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaramel and Cherries would be something bear\u2019s are very attracted to\u201d Koppling notes.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had attempted to get the massive animal out using jelly rolls and sweet treats, but to no avail. NBCLA<\/p>\n<p>Remote monitoring cameras have also been placed around Johnson\u2019s property to keep an eye on the bear to see if and when it will make an attempt to squeeze out from under the home. <\/p>\n<p>Officials hope to board up the entrance to the crawl space when the bear leaves.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bear has not come out of the crawl space yet\u201d says Koppling, who\u00a0adds the bear is most likely spooked by all the activity and has been growling. \u201cI had to call multiple media outlets not to fly helicopters. This bear doesn\u2019t want to be around people its going to need quiet for it to exit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the bear stays Ken could have a 550 pound roommate for the chilly season. \u201cHe just wants to live here\u201d says Ken.<\/p>\n<p>The public has been warned to stay away from the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials are now turning to a new strategy in hopes of luring a 550-pound bear out from underneath&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2837,1442,49,3335,48,66,886,323],"class_list":["post-328430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-bears","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}