{"id":327737,"date":"2025-12-03T09:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/327737\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:41:08","slug":"second-bear-crashes-altadena-mans-sweet-roll-rescue-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/327737\/","title":{"rendered":"Second bear crashes Altadena man\u2019s sweet-roll rescue plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A California man\u2019s sugary scheme to smoke out a 500-pound bear from beneath his Altadena home went sideways fast, thanks to an unexpected second bruin crashing the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Johnson, a product photographer, was already battling the first bear holed up in the crawl space under his kitchen when another lumbering visitor strolled up his driveway around 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/altadena-man-has-bear-living-underneath-home-gets-surprise-visit-another\/18240675\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eyewitness News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner Ken Johnson says he heard a huge growl coming from the crawl space of his house. NBCLA<\/p>\n<p>Johnson first suspected trouble when trash cans were toppled and bricks were knocked loose around his property. Motion-sensing cameras revealed the truth, a hulking, yellow-tagged bear rumbling around beneath his floorboards. It popped out briefly Saturday and again Sunday night for about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s scary when I don\u2019t know where it is,\u201d Johnson told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>He contacted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, filing an online report Monday. CDFW spokesman Cort Klopping confirmed the agency \u201cmade contact with the homeowner based on the report he gave our biologist\u201d and has been advising him since.<\/p>\n<p>Massive bear squats under Altadena, California man\u2019s home. NBCLA<\/p>\n<p>Klopping told The Post the animal, estimated at 550 pounds from agency data,\u00a0isn\u2019t considered a public threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to believe additional response is needed,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t appear the bear is posing a threat to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CDFW has urged Johnson to keep his distance, monitor the bear remotely, and wait until it leaves on its own.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner Ken Johnson says he heard a huge growl coming from the crawl space of his house. NBCLA<\/p>\n<p>Ken Johnson, a homeowner, is interviewed at night in front of his house. NBCLA<\/p>\n<p>Biologist told Johnson to secure the access point in a substantial way once the bear exits, set up motion-detecting wildlife sprinklers to scare it off if it tries to return, and place ammonia-soaked rags near the entry to deter it.<\/p>\n<p>Klopping said the bear\u2019s behavior is typical for the San Gabriel Valley, where the temperate climate means black bears rarely hibernate. What Johnson\u2019s bear likely did, he said, was \u201cfind a den, a warm place where it\u2019s comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agency records show the bear was previously tagged about 10 miles away. CDFW\u2019s data shows \u201cno difference in activity before the recent wildfires and now,\u201d and Klopping said any tie to the Altadena blaze is speculation.<\/p>\n<p>He added that neighbors in the area should also lock down their crawl spaces to prevent unwanted visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California man\u2019s sugary scheme to smoke out a 500-pound bear from beneath his Altadena home went sideways&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1147,19122,2356,79,194,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-327737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-bears","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-us-news","13":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327737","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=327737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}