Posted on 08/15/2022 8:42:46 PM PDT by george76
A bear entered a home in Steamboat at 2 a.m. Saturday. Kelly Mauldin heard her dogs barking and got up to investigate and discovered the 300-400 male bear in her house. She screamed for her husband, Ken, who got up and shot and killed the bear.
When I went to my bedroom door, I saw the bear about 10 feet away and shot it instantly with a 40-caliber, semi-automatic handgun. Then the bear charged me. I continued shooting at it as fast as I could. The bullet hole in the floor suggested the bear got about five to six feet from me when he backed up, changed directions, and crashed through the bannister railing onto the stairs, where he collapsed at the bottom of the stairs.”
Rachael Gonzales with Colorado Parks and Wildlife says “given the facts of this incident, the homeowner was within his legal rights.” She wants to remind everyone that all ground level windows and doors should always be locked.
This is a great reminder to lock your front doors, back doors, close the garage doors if you’re not inside your garage doing stuff actively. But especially those ground level windows and front doors, making sure they are closed and locked all day long and overnight. It’s easy access for bears to get into so we want to eliminate that easy access
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It was a lever handle that the bear used to get into an unlocked door at the house. Mauldin says the bear had been a frequent visitor to houses in the neighborhood, which was near CMC in the Hill Streets area.
RIP, bear.
What does that mena, ‘in Steamboat’? Is that a town?
Hope he at least gets to make a bear rug
Yes. Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
"Hello? What's that? My ears are ringing!
By golly I cain't hear a thing! But it looks like somebody killed that damn bear!!
It could have been worse. Consider what happened to Groucho Marx.
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.”
Groucho Marx
I think that's short for "Steamboat Springs," which is in Colorado. It's kind of like people from Massachusetts referring to Cape Cod as "The Cape."
Nowhere near Mena.
When is it illegal to kill a bear in your house? This country has gone to hell.
>> RIP, bear.
I’m experiencing déjà vu.
The only good bear is a dead bear. Same with commies.
He was in his pajamas.
With proper gun confiscation and gun control he could have talked to the bear, maybe like Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. Become a bear whisperer just in case.
Groucho Marx: I once shot a bear in my pajamas. How the bear got into my pajamas I'll never know.
Just one thread and post where that worked so thank you for the chance.
And they cannot spell the name of their state.
I’d sure like to know which 40 cal pistol he used, and the magazine size.
And they cannot spell the name of their state.
Yeah, you're right.
And I learned to spell it when I was in second grade.
And at the time, I lived in Virginia!
A teacher could have disarmed the bear.
A social worker would have diffused the situation.
“I just stopped by to borrow a cup of honey, and this guy starts shooting me.”
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