I spent time at the lake for the past several days. My neighbour has a labrador (dog) named Ebony. Usually every morning around 8am, Ebony scratches or claws at the door to see me and I give her a treat.
My neighbours came out yesterday morning and at the usual time I heard noise, scratching sounds by the door. I was half asleep and when I opened the inside door it wasn't Ebony, it was a bear! A full grown black bear! eek!
I thought omg! So I quietly closed the inside door and locked it. Not that it would help because if it really wanted to it could break down that door. Black bears usually don't attack and would rather run but you never know.
There is another door I could have gone out but it wouldn't have helped much because I would still have to pass by the bear to get to the car.
So I took some pots and pans and started banging them in the cabin, yelling get out of here bear. It took off running.
I am careful as in not leaving garbage in the cabin, take it daily to the bear proof garbage bins, clean up dishes or anything that might be attractive to bears.
I guess it was coming by to say hi. I warned my neighbour to be on the lookout for a bear going door to door.
I just hope people weren't feeding this bear otherwise it will become use to people and could pose a danger to itself and others.
I stopped in at the conservation office on the way home and let them know. They said there have been a few problems with a bear and they plan on setting a bear trap. Once they catch it, they will release it further away.
Anyways here is a pic of the bear. It ran into the forest/bush not too far from the cabin. You can see it peering out from behind a tree. No I didn't go outside to take the photo, I took it inside from one of the bedroom windows.
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