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Related: About this forumCalifornia Man Stunned After Bear Walks into Kitchen While He's Doing Dishes: 'Hello, Are You Nice?'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-man-stunned-bear-walks-143719120.htmlA Sierra Madre, Calif., resident had a surprise visitor this week.
On Tuesday, June 4, Jason Wightman had a shock when a 300-pound bear came walking into his kitchen at around 5:30 p.m. local time while he was doing dishes.
In a video shared on his Facebook, Wightman asked the animal, "Hello, are you nice?" adding: "You're in my house. Get out of my house, Mr. Bear!"
"I'm warning you," Wightman said, adding: "Bear, bear, bear, be nice!" while spotting the animal licking its lips.
"Do you want me to spray you with water?" Wightman told the bear.
Wightman did end up spraying the bear with water before he followed it outside only to see there were actually two of them. "Is it just you two? I see you over there," Wightman said.
"You alright? What you doing? I'm not going to hurt you guys, I just want you guys to move on," Wightman told the animals, adding: "Go on, I got nothing here for you."
Wightman ended up opening a door for the bears before they eventually climbed over a fence.
there's a video...that was quite the experience
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California Man Stunned After Bear Walks into Kitchen While He's Doing Dishes: 'Hello, Are You Nice?' (Original Post)
WhiteTara
Jun 2024
OP
I hope that the DNR will not destroy it because it "got too close to humans"
question everything
Jun 9
#3
lastlib
(24,275 posts)1. A friend of mine camping in New Mexico one night.....
had a young black bear sit on his feet one night. He was in his sleeping bag, and his feet were sticking out of his tent when the bear came into his camp, nosed around a bit, then sat on him. It stayed there for a minute, then got up and wandered back into the woods. My friend wet his bed.
I would, too.......
Bayard
(23,439 posts)2. The eternal pic-a-nic basket search continues.....
question everything
(48,423 posts)3. I hope that the DNR will not destroy it because it "got too close to humans"
Warpy
(112,690 posts)4. Probably juveniles, kicked out this year by Mama
Usually they don't travel in pairs.
Most bears who wander into town are juveniles, adults have the sense to avoid people.