Altadena resident stunned by bear living under home: 'It roared from underneath the house'

[Zorro]

Kenneth Johnson first noticed signs of an uninvited guest living under his Altadena home earlier this year.

In April, Johnson saw that bricks around his home’s crawl space were torn out, and the wooden frame covering the crawl space was broken.

After spotting more damage in June, he installed a camera. Last week, the 63-year-old finally identified the culprit: a bear had moved in and made a home underneath Johnson’s abode.

“I don’t know how it got under there. It must be a contortionist,” he told The Times. “This thing is so big its stomach touches the ground.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-01/altadena-resident-stunned-by-bear-living-under-home-it-roared-from-underneath-house

Yikes!

[ScoutHikerDad]

1. I Wouldn't Be Able to Bear It!

[Nittersing]

2. Wonder if that's how/where he survived the fires. nt

[twodogsbarking]

3. Having lived in the woods for eleven years I don't doubt it. We had a crawl space next to the basement.

You had to crawl (surprise) and I was in there checking a heat pipe and discovered black snakes were living there. Makes your heart beat faster.

[popsdenver]

4. Years back

a plumber got down on all fours and stuck his head in a crawl space door in a residence here in Denver......
A rattle snake bit him in the face.........not sure if he survived.........