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Plenty of homeowners have to deal with wild animals that have managed to invade their property. However, one man in California encountered a very unexpected surprise courtesy of a bear that’s decided to set up shop under his house.
California is home to plenty of potentially dangerous animals that you usually don’t want to have a close encounter with. Earlier this year, one man outside of Los Angeles came face-to-face with a mountain lion that strolled through the front door of his mom’s house, and there have been a few bears with a blatant disregard for trespassing laws that have also managed to cause a stir.
In February, a homeowner in Pasadena discovered a 500-pound black bear hiding under his house shortly after another man in Altadena who was forced to flee during the wildfires returned to find a 525-pound behemoth lurking below his domicile. Now, another guy in that second town is dealing with a similar issue.
A bear was filmed infiltrating a crawl space under a house in Altadena, California
According to the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Johnson noticed some bricks leading into a crawl space under his house in Altadena had been displaced while also spotting some damage to the wood frame surrounding the entrance back in April.
He decided to put up a camera after detecting further signs of a disturbance in June, and while it took him a while to track down the culprit, he was finally able to do so when it captured the prime suspect: a bear that was filmed making its way underneath the house last Monday.
Johnson said some of his neighbors told him they’ve seen the bear roaming the area for food during the day, and he has captured additional footage of the animal returning to his house in the evening.
The 63-year-old said he’s not overly concerned about his safety, but acknowledged he’s less than thrilled about knowing it could be lurking under the floorboards at any moment and was understandably unnerved when it roared at him on Friday morning.
The bear in question has seemingly had an encounter with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife based on the yellow tag affixed to its left ear, but Johnson told the outlet he had trouble contacting the agency due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Here’s to hoping they’ll be able to help him out.