Just days after the paintball-induced eviction of a 500-plus-pound bear from beneath an Altadena home, residents of a house about a half-mile away are reporting that a bear has moved into the space under their home.
It’s unclear if its the same bear, which spent weeks under the home of Ken Johnson after squeezing through a small crawl space entry.
The outfit that sent that bear packing the first time says it’s already been contacted about repeating the successful ouster.
Last week, the animal under Johnson’s house was chased off by the Tahoe-based animal-advocacy group BEAR League after the bruin had moved into the crawl space.
Around Thanksgiving, a camera captured the unthinkable — the massive black bear backing into the narrow crawl space entryway. Efforts to remove the bear all fell flat, leaving Johnson frustrated and even threatening to sue the state for failing to remove the animal.
According to the BEAR League, a volunteer “crawled beneath the home — fully aware the bear was still there — to get behind him and encourage him to exit through the crawl-space opening.”
Once the bear left, it ran off.
The crawl space entry was boarded up, and electric mats were placed atop the former opening to discourage the bear from returning.
Video surveillance captured by Johnson on Wednesday night, Jan. 7, shows the bear trying to return to the adoptive subterranean home, but the electrified mat quickly scared the animal off.
A person who answered the phone at BEAR League on Monday, Jan. 12, said the group had been contacted by the second homeowner, but she declined to say when the call came and if BEAR League is going to respond.