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California authorities try to capture bear living under crawl space, trap wrong animal instead

Getty Image by Barb Elkin Things did not go according to plan when California authorities tried to capture a bear living ...

Trap meant for 550-pound bear living under man’s home catches the wrong bear

A huge bear living under a man’s home doesn’t seem to want to leave, not even falling for a sweet-scented trap.

Bear moves into California homeowner’s crawl space | Hand Off

Homeowner Ken Johnson has been trying many things to coax the bear out, like playing CDs of dogs barking on repeat, hoping to ...

Trap set to catch 550-lb. bear living in crawl space under California home captures the wrong animal

The "non-target bear" was safely released into suitable habitat nearby, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tells ...
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Man finds huge black bear living in his crawl space

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Johnson, 63, just got a new roommate last week — a black bear living in the crawl space under his home in Southern California. The bear was seen on video footage clambering out ...

550-pound bear settles in beneath an Altadena home, thwarting creative efforts to move him out

A massive bear has entrenched himself for several days beneath an Altadena home, showing no intention of moving out amid persistent efforts to displace him and a throng of curious local residents ...