Bear enters house, steals Chinese food

Bear enters house, steals Chinese food


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MONROVIA, Calif. — Lions. Tigers. Bears. Oh my! One homeowner in Monrovia felt similar shock when he discovered a baby bear ransacking his kitchen on Wednesday.

Justin Lee, 25, told nbclosangeles.com that he was home alone with his dog when he heard noise coming from his kitchen.

"I look over and I see this bear head sticking out, and it broke through our window screen and it's peeking into our home," Lee said. "And that's when I just started really freaking out and just stared at it. The bear was staring at me."

The baby brown bear made its way into the home through a doggie door and pillaged the kitchen until it found a bag of dog food and homemade Chinese food. The bear took its bounty and went back outside to share the food with another young bear.

Lee said he took a few pictures of the bear before he ran upstairs with his dog and called 911. When animal control officers responded, they found the bears in the backyard eating the stolen food. The officers used bean bag darts to scare the bears back into the woods.

Officials said bear sightings and home invasions are a common occurrence in the hillside community.

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