“In the foothills of bear country, it’s important to close crawl spaces with bear-proof material in advance of winter months to discourage bears from denning and damaging property,” CDFW officials ...

The crawl space has since been secured with bear-proof material to prevent future denning.

it’s important to close crawl spaces with bear-proof material in advance of winter months to discourage bears from denning and damaging property,” CDFW officials said.

The bear, affectionately known by neighbors as Barry, was ultimately lured into a trap with apples, peanut butter and rotisserie chicken Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE.

The crawl space was then boarded up and made "bear-proof," which the CDFW encourages all residents in the area to do. "In the foothills of bear country, it’s important to close crawl spaces with ...

it’s important to close crawl spaces with bear-proof material in advance of winter months to discourage bears from denning and damaging property," the CDFW said in a statement.

He bear-ly survived the wildfires. A homeowner forced to evacuate due to the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires returned home to find a massive 525-pound black bear hiding in his crawlspace.

“In the foothills of bear country, it’s important to close crawl spaces with bear-proof material in advance of winter months to discourage bears from denning and damaging property,” CDFW ...

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