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Anybody Home.?

On It — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:05:57 GMT

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skatting44 — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:09:06 GMT

Is that Yogi ? He's smarter than the average bear !

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fthunt — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:38:42 GMT

Tonite FOX news - family cooking 10 burgers on grill --

bear shows up, they run. Bear opens the lid and ate every last one.

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Mz iMac — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:39:53 GMT

That's Smokey looking for his hat shovel & blue jeans.

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ECBG — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 01:14:57 GMT

My goodness! Scarey

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on the bay — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:54:34 GMT

Yikes!

But he is cute!

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EarthAngelInTraining — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:57:43 GMT

@skatting44 Hey Boo Boo. What's in the pic-a-nic basket? 🐻🧸

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spiderw — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:04:06 GMT

Maybe if I am real quiet I could get in and out of this place with a load of food from the fridge!!!!

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luvzchiz — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 12:58:02 GMT

Bear: Knock, knock

From inside: Who's there?

Bear: Land shark 🦈

For those of us of a certain age, this is reminiscent of a SNL skit with Chevy Chase. I am showing my age. 😁

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SoCal Bred — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:26:22 GMT

It's a common sighting to see bears and cubs in the cities around the San Gabriel mountain areas walking around the neighborhood and occasionally jumping into the homeowner's swimming pools to cool off when it's hot.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:28:59 GMT

Oh, my word -- I think I would have a heart attack!

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jlkz — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:54:04 GMT

When we had a Pocono Mountain place, I can remember golfers near our home on the golf course talking about a bear that came out of the woods and went into the water hazard to cool off one very hot August afternoon.

Another time, a woman had just driven around a corner and yelled out to the griller to run back into his house because a bear was coming out of the woods to check out the food. This was just down the street from our place.

Very early one AM, DH was sitting out in our enclosed screened porch and saw a mama bear walking outside the porch. She was annoyed with the two little cubs who were more into playing than looking for food. Glad I got up fast enough to catch this sight.

And then one late morning, I was cleaning up minor post-construction mess from the porch addition when I noticed 3-4 cars stopped on the road in front of our house. Here this would be considered major traffic. Then I saw what the attraction was: a juvenile bear was standing upright at my neighbor's bird feeder ( not permitted here ) and actually twisting the metal apart in his hands to get to the food. When done, he walked towards our driveway but turned to go up to the golf course...may be for some exercise, lol.

These are examples of why I never walked through the trail going through one area of the resort. Oh yes, then we learned there was a bear den close by the front of our house.....er, former house !

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Estellee — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 12:06:30 GMT

@On It For a moment I thought he was entering your home

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On It — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 12:12:23 GMT

@Estellee wrote:
@On It For a moment I thought he was entering your home

Thankfully not my home, but someone took that photo from inside the house. Bear can easily open those lever door latches. They can open many types of car doors as well. Rule one in the mountains, keep your doors locked!

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Estellee — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:06:21 GMT

That is unreal, great photo too. That homeowner was very brave to take that pic.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:33:25 GMT

Funny but we are having a bear problem here. This isn't a rural area, we are the suburbs but there are reports of bears breaking into homes, showing up at cookouts and outdoor parties, swimming in backyard pools. They are going after food and they know that where there's humans, there will be food. One family reported a hear broke into their refrigerator in the garage and drank every single can of soda and beer.