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A 500-plus-pound bear who took up residence beneath an Altadena home — by squeezing through a seemingly too-small crawlspace entry — was "evicted" this week with help from a Tahoe-based animal-advocacy group.
The bear began living in the crawlspace sometime last year. Homeowner Ken Johnson said he initially found damage at his home that appeared to have been caused by an unknown animal, so he set up a surveillance camera. Around Thanksgiving, the camera captured the unthinkable — a massive black bear backing its way into the narrow crawlspace entryway.
Efforts to remove the bear all fell flat, leaving Johnson frustrated and even threatening to sue the state for failing to get the animal out of the crawlspace.
This week, volunteers from the Lake Tahoe-based nonprofit BEAR League visited Johnson to assist. (Video courtesy of BEAR League)