Repairman finds bear in N.J. basement

upi ^ | Dec. 16, 2011

[JoeProBono]

HOPATCONG, N.J., Authorities in New Jersey said a repairman working in a basement was shocked when he turned around to discover a 500-pound black bear behind him.

The Division of Fish and Wildlife said the repairman was working Wednesday in Frank Annacone's Hopatcong basement when he heard a growl behind him and turned around to see the bear, WNYW-TV, New York, reported Thursday.

A Division of Fish and Wildlife crew arrived and tranquilized the bear, which stumbled around the neighborhood before losing consciousness.

Officials said the animal will be relocated.

Annacone said he does not know how the bear got into his basement or how long it had been there, as he had not been down to the basement in a while.

[JoeProBono]

[Jonty30]

That would be freaky.

Go into a basement and turn around and there is a bear behind you on his hind legs.

[WOBBLY BOB]

the repairman was working Wednesday in Frank Annacone's Hopatcong basement when he heard a growl behind him ... "bring out the gimp".

[JoeProBono]

[SkyDancer]

The bear was looking for a place to hibernate for the winter. Good thing it wasn’t shot.

[basil]

I never thought about bears on the loose in NJ—until I visited my friend in Clinton, NJ. They had problems with bears visiting their outdoor deck,, and trying to haul off their big outdoor grill. They finally chained it too their deck—LOL!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“a repairman working in a basement was shocked when he turned around to discover a 500-pound black bear behind him.”...

That’s what you get when you pick up the soap!

[SkyDancer]

Same here. I live up in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula and bears regularly come up on our porch to sniff around the BBQ. And we had to chain it up because they would try to drag it off the porch.

[RitchieAprile]

The bears want to borrow your ‘Q?

Wonder what they plan to burn on it?

[sheikdetailfeather]

I had a bear do this to my porch door and tried to get cat food so I got some bear spray and someone advised me to pour pine sol around. I no longer put cat food on the porch and IT WORKED! He has not come back.

[SkyDancer]

Bears here are one thing, we’ve cougars and bob cats coming around. Not to mention racoons and the other assorted wild life. But then, it’s living in the great PNW.

[dog breath]

While New Jersey is not converting back into wilderness, I did notice while visiting there that since there are so many restrictions on the humans the animals seem to be everywhere. The urban edge actually seems to be a boon to wildlife across the country, hunting is reduced or eliminated, what open land there is becomes stabilized as parks, estates or golf courses, parks, farming declines. The reality of the environment is sometimes different then what the environmentalists believe is happening.

[GSWarrior]

Sounds like a job for the Turtleman.

[blueunicorn6]

So, they all don’t go in the woods after all.

[blueunicorn6]

Thanks for the photo. When I read about “Stumbling around the neighborhood” in New Jersey, I thought it might be my Uncle Andy. He’s been tranquilized several times.

[Jack Hammer]

What’s the World Speed Record for ascending a flight of stairs?

[Morgana]

[6SJ7]

Annacone said he does not know how the bear got into his basement or how long it had been there, as he had not been down to the basement in a while.

...just when you thought spiders in the basement were a problem .

[RedMDer]

Last night I shot an elephant in my Pajamas and how he got in my pajamas I'll never know.

[Moltke]

Like I said in the earlier thread, usually repairmen only have to worry about being molested by cougars...