A black bear weighing up to 250 pounds followed a two-and-a-half-year-old boy home, up a staircase and inside his house through the patio door.
The boy’s mother Eleri Froude said she first noticed the bear when her son Ivany shouted at the moment the bear walked through the sliding glass door of their home in Gibsons, British Columbia, on Saturday around 5.30pm.
The adult male bear, which Royal Canadian Mounted Police said weighed about 220-250 pounds, roamed all through Froude’s house and went through most of the rooms, even drooling on her dining room table, an RCMP statement said.
This black bear followed a two-and-a-half-year-old boy home, up a staircase and inside his house through the patio door in Gibson, British Columbia on Saturday around 5.30pm
The boy’s mother Eleri Froude (left) locked herself and her two sons Ivany and Camden (right) into a bedroom while a family friend who was there tried to scare the bear away
Eleri locked herself and her two sons Ivany and Camden into a bedroom while a family friend who was there tried to scare the bear away.
The friend ‘yelled, banged pots and shook chairs at the bear before there was a standoff’ in the doorway of the house.
Eventually, the family friend slammed the door on the bear and even punched it in the nose before it backed outside and the friend could close the door.
The bear then pawed at the door and chewed on the screen while the friend, Froude and her children waited for police to get there.
The adult male bear, which Royal Canadian Mounted Police said weighed about 220-250 pounds, was even punched in the face by the family friend before the bear backed outside and the friend could close the door
After officers scared the bear into the bushed by throwing water bottles at it and using air horns, the bear returned to the house and tried to open the door to the garage, police said. They decided the bear should be killed after consulting conservation officials and deciding the bear was too aggressive and lacked fear of humans
After officers scared the bear into the bushed by throwing water bottles at it and using air horns, the bear returned to the house and tried to open the door to the garage, police said.
The bear even tried to chase a man down the street before the man could get back into his truck.
Police decided the bear should be killed after consulting conservation officials and deciding the bear was too aggressive and lacked fear of humans.
A conservation officer said the bear did not have obvious signs of illnesses that could have caused its aggressive behavior.