By Pete Thomas
A black bear provided tense moments for a family in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., recently when it removed a window screen and considered breaking into the house.
“We got a visit from one of our neighbors, apparently he is not fond of our front door and doesn’t know what ‘shoo’ means,” Christian Pondella joked on Instagram.
As viewers can see, the light-colored black bear deftly removes the screen and sniffs for several seconds as Pondella and his wife and son try shooing the bruin. At one point the bear seems on the verge of climbing through the window.
Pondella, an adventure photographer, said the bear “eventually left” during last week's encounter, and it has not returned. “No damage except the screen,” Pondella said.
Black bears are abundant in the forest around Mammoth Lakes, and commonly sighted by residents.
–Image courtesy of Christian Pondella
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