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Related: About this forumCalifornia man frustrated over efforts to remove bear living under his house
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California man frustrated over efforts to remove bear living under his house
CBS News
Dec 30 2025
A Southern California man has been living with a bear under his house since November and he says the state is no longer helping to try to get the bear out. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
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CBS News
Dec 30 2025
A Southern California man has been living with a bear under his house since November and he says the state is no longer helping to try to get the bear out. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
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California man frustrated over efforts to remove bear living under his house (Original Post)
sl8
6 hrs ago
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Yes... Loud music to disturb the bear as suggested below is a real bad idea for one hibernating.
hlthe2b
6 hrs ago
#3
Nah! Bear is claiming he pays rent for the place and is demanding A/C, lighting & 3 square meals a day.
Wonder Why
2 hrs ago
#10
My mother once asked a young male clerk where the moth balls were. He didn't know what they were Fill in the blanks.
twodogsbarking
36 min ago
#12
Foreign bear. Send ICE, Natl Guard, Marines, Navy, Salvation Army, Girl Scouts, Nuns.
twodogsbarking
37 min ago
#11
Ocelot II
(128,927 posts)1. The bear is hibernating and will leave in the spring.
hlthe2b
(112,716 posts)3. Yes... Loud music to disturb the bear as suggested below is a real bad idea for one hibernating.
I'd be cautious coming and going, but if he's sequestered in hibernation in the crawlspace, I'd let him be.
Zambero
(9,921 posts)5. Bears don't hibernate in SoCal at lower elevations
It's the Riviera for them. More than likely he leaves his accomodations to make food runs at night and hunkers down during the daytime.
2naSalit
(99,838 posts)9. Bears who have...
Access to food year round don't hibernate. It's why you can go see non-hibernating bears at sanctuaries, they feed them all year.
BlueKentuckyGirl
(517 posts)7. Exactly!
Leave the bear alone. He will leave in spring.
Auggie
(32,846 posts)8. The bear broke a gas pipe -- that poses a danger to the neighborhood
It has to be relocated.
The Blue Flower
(6,325 posts)2. He could try blasting loud music down there
No harm to the bear.
StarryNite
(11,969 posts)4. That bear is huge! LOL
Poor bears and other wildlife were displaced because of the fires just like so many people were. Such a sad situation.
Wonder Why
(6,525 posts)10. Nah! Bear is claiming he pays rent for the place and is demanding A/C, lighting & 3 square meals a day.
Timewas
(2,632 posts)6. I would try
Loading up the underside with Moth Balls, most animals hate that smell
twodogsbarking
(17,537 posts)12. My mother once asked a young male clerk where the moth balls were. He didn't know what they were Fill in the blanks.
twodogsbarking
(17,537 posts)11. Foreign bear. Send ICE, Natl Guard, Marines, Navy, Salvation Army, Girl Scouts, Nuns.