Bears in the crawl space (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

So this happened
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A California family spent the winter dismissing odd noises that sounded a little like snoring, only to discover that five bears had spent the cold season hibernating under their house.

The Bear League group, which works to preserve bear habitat and help bears in distress largely around the Lake Tahoe basin region in the state, recounted the family’s astonishing episode last week.

In a Facebook post, the group described how one mother bear, along with three of her own cubs and an adopted orphan, had decided to spend the winter in the crawlspace under a local house.

“It was a home where people lived, and they thought they heard some odd rumbling, snoring-like noises but ignored it because it simply didn’t make sense … and the neighbors said they were imagining it because they didn’t hear anything,” the Bear League said in a Facebook post……

California family discovers five bears hibernating in crawlspace under home

Bear League describes how family in Lake Tahoe heard ‘odd snoring-like noises’ but dismissed them before eventual discovery

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

In a barely related aside:

Sly & The Family Stone’s Classic song Family Affair



When I was very young I thought they were singing “It’s a family of bears”

 

[superchuck500]

Shoulda had a Bear Patrol.

 

[Optimus Prime]

This is what happens when you don't have a bear patrol

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

This is what happens when you don't have a bear patrol

Awww...that bear just wanted to play...he looked really friendly

 

[Optimus Prime]

imagine hearing five of these coming from beneath your house