From CBS News: A 550-pound black bear has been living underneath an Altadena, California, man’s home for a month despite attempts to remove it, and now the homeowner is contemplating legal action.
“I thought this would be over by now,” Ken Johnson told CBS News.
Since Thanksgiving week, Johnson has caught the bear on security camera footage roaming around his property and squeezing into the crawlspace underneath his house. Since he doesn’t have a dog, Johnson said he tried pumping barking sounds into the crawl space to try to scare off the bear, but it wouldn’t budge.
Johnson told CBS News he can hear the bear underneath his house, clawing and scratching. He said he’s worried one day the bear might possibly burst up through his living room floor.
According the report, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife did set up a bear trap outside the home, and they caught a bear, all right. But it was a different bear – not the one living under his house.
The bear has damaged the gas pipes under his home, so Johnson had to turn off the gas, leaving him without heat or hot water.
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Black bear living underneath Altadena house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal action. https://t.co/OfUeQWdLr4
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 31, 2025
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