An Altadena homeowner got the surprise of his life when a large bear made itself comfortable in the crawlspace of his home.<\/p>\n
Ken Johnson said he installed a camera on the side of his home after he noticed some things out of place. For months, he saw nothing of note except for a black bear that would occasionally grace his neighborhood with an appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cComes by every three months or so,\u201d Johnson said of the wild animal. \u201cJust walks up one driveway, walks down the other.\u201d<\/p>\n
As weeks went by, the camera didn\u2019t catch anything odd \u2013 until this past week.<\/p>\n
It was just an average week when Johnson saw the bear on camera, then noticed that the screen blocking the entrance to his property\u2019s crawlspace was tampered with. Initially, the homeowner was in disbelief.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I saw it all torn up, I thought, \u2018He must not be under there,\u2019 because there is no way a bear could fit,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n
However, he was wrong. The plump black bear successfully squeezed itself in and out of the small opening.<\/p>\n
\u201cMonday night, my camera went off and there he was coming up the driveway, knocking over the trash,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAnd the next morning, there he is crawling out from under the crawlspace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every day since that night, Johnson said the fuzzy squatter has been spotted on camera going back and forth from its new home. The Altadena resident said that on Friday, he got a not-so-warm greeting from the intruder.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went around to put batteries in the camera, and this huge growl comes from out from under the crawlspace and I just went running,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, it was the most amazing roar you\u2019ve ever heard. Like a lion with a hiss on top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Johnson and his beloved cat, Boo, are terrified of their new roommate and are looking for a fix. The homeowner said law enforcement told him as long as he stays inside his house, he\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hilarious,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m taking the lighter side of it, but it\u2019s also worrying me a little bit having something so big and ferocious living right there! It\u2019s kind of weird.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wildlife experts recommend a combination of electric fencing, sturdy grates and scent deterrents like ammonia to keep wild animals out of your home.<\/p>\n
For now, Johnson said he tried to reach out to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Altadena homeowner got the surprise of his life when a large bear made itself comfortable in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[94103,5830,79,201],"class_list":["post-323531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-altadena","tag-animals-and-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}