While I was out of town, a full grown black bear tried to get into my home in the foothills of California while my wife and small dog were inside. He was standing and leaning against the bay window and, when he could not get in that way, he went around to the other side of the house and tried to enter. Wife got the 12 gauge shotgun next to the bed and called the Sherriff. The deputy shot the bear with ‘bean bag’ and off he went. He will return and something will have to be done to eliminate this threat. beautiful bear but used to humans and being a food source.
That is scary-I really hope the bear stays away-
Once when the cub was about 10, we were camping in the mountains in New Mexico-we had taken our little travel trailer instead of sleeping in a tent, because of so many bears in that forest. We’d unhooked the trailer, set up camp and were getting ready to turn in when my husband asked the cub if she was sure she hadn’t left so much as a crumb of food in the Suburban, and she said she had not. In the wee hours, we were awakened by a commotion outside, and the cub whispering “mommy, daddy-a bear!”
Turns out she had left a half-empty package of Oreo cookies in an ice chest in the back of the Suburban, thinking since it was a closed container, no bear would smell cookies-wrong- as we watched at the window, a big black bear crawled into the open back window after bending the tailgate, squashed the ice chest into pieces growling the whole time, ate the cookies then tore up the carpet and upholstery looking for more before rambling off into the woods-well over $1200 damage to the vehicle. Needless to say, we checked the vehicle for food ourselves when camping in bear country, no matter what the cub said...