A hungry bear tried to sneak into a Washington woman’s home through a doggie door, according to video of the attempted break-in.
North Bend resident Amy Held discovered the large bear wandering around her back porch looking for a snack around 10 p.m. Wednesday night after catching the furry visitor on her surveillance camera.
“This video is very funny, but it also makes me a little worried that I might wake up in bed and find a bear next to me,” says Holt. told KOMO.
holt footage posted online The bear was seen carefully climbing the balcony fence, standing on its two hind legs and sniffing its surroundings.
Then I go down to the balcony and look out the window.
Bruin, who had previously visited the home, was seen sniffing around the back door and repeatedly sticking his nose and giant paws through the doggy door flap.
The video shows the defeated bear stepping off the porch and wandering into the darkness after stepping on the door several times.
Holt said his two large dogs did nothing when the bear tried to rush in.
“We made quite a bit of noise at the dog door, but our dog didn’t bark,” she wrote in a social media post.
“We keep yelling at him and making noise, but he doesn’t seem too upset,” she added.
Holt and her husband are used to seeing wildlife in their rural area and believe a bird feeder left outside may have sparked the bear’s curiosity.
“Bears have been seen on security cameras in the past, but they have never been a nuisance,” Holt added. “We usually bring in bird feeders at night so the birds aren’t lured in, and we store trash safely in the garage.”
She said she would do more to secure food and trash and urged her neighbors to do the same.
“If the bears don’t have anything to eat, they’ll move on,” Holt said. “There is no need to exterminate bears just because they are a nuisance.”
