California town facing bear ‘invasion’

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18 күн бұрын

Pine Mountain Club, California has experienced more than 560 bear-related incidents since July as bears increasingly make their way into cars, patios and homes. NBC News’ Elwyn Lopez travels to the town to see how residents are bearing with these unwanted guests.
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@Supernatural_Choices 17 күн бұрын

Dude. You guys live in the woods. You moved into their neighborhood

@mtsky-tc6uw 17 күн бұрын

ok--were do you live? do you live on once native land that was injun land? move,give it back,right now

@Supernatural_Choices 17 күн бұрын

@@mtsky-tc6uw lol. Fool I live in Hawaii. I pay rent to a native every month.

@maggie9312 17 күн бұрын

Exactly

@chrisdeguzman7795 16 күн бұрын

For realz.. i dont live in the forest or woods..

@SUGAR_XYLER 16 күн бұрын

@@chrisdeguzman7795 Same. I wouldn't want a fence or boards on my house. That looks so tacky

@DownwardElevator 17 күн бұрын

The bears are dealing with the invasion of humans.

@maggie9312 17 күн бұрын

Exactly

@boxerblvd3514 16 күн бұрын

Thank you 👍

@blakesmith2057 16 күн бұрын

Hipsters are destroying these poor animals existence 🤦‍♂️

@sandyfields678 16 күн бұрын

Mayb3 hispaic b3ars,,haha..couldnt help i5..kidding..but 5hey r legal..,,

@EdT.-xt6yv 16 күн бұрын

H-sapiens need to read d. Benatar's ANTINATALISM?

@davemathews7890 16 күн бұрын

This is like people who move next to an airport then decide to complain about the noise.

@Name-jw4sj 10 күн бұрын

That is not true. The more appropriate analogy is that this is like a wakeup call to stop emitting so much fossil fuels into the atmosphere which causing animals to migrate to different areas.

@davemathews7890 9 күн бұрын

@@Name-jw4sj That's not really an analogy.

@mrxxbrian 16 күн бұрын

"Bears wandering away from their natural habitat..." We took away their natural habitat. Lets not forget what we did to grizzly bears, our own state flag.

@cindyschlecht1975 17 күн бұрын

That's what happens when you build on THEIR land.

@chrisgullett4332 16 күн бұрын

It is not their land goof. The Earth belongs to all of us, not just wild animals. You seem unintelligent.

@darkshogun5887 16 күн бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking when I saw this on my home feed.

@chrisgullett4332 16 күн бұрын

Humans were here first

@darkshogun5887 16 күн бұрын

@@chrisgullett4332 I really hope you're joking and my sense of humor took a vacation. These people live in a wooded area. Bears live in the woods. Humans cut down trees and built homes where the bears lived. Humans were NOT there first.

@chrisgullett4332 16 күн бұрын

@@darkshogun5887 No anything can live in the woods. Again, you seem very unintelligent. Bears a knockdown trees. Yes humane were here before black bears. Before posting, have knowledge of the topic. Black bears are 900 thousand years old at the oldest, humans are a minimum of 2.5 million years old. Simple math!

@LifesLessons100 17 күн бұрын

🤔 100 years ago bears were facing a human invasion.. "honestly, it was out of control"

@sango_wango851 16 күн бұрын

Not here at least. Humans came to the area before bears, at least any modern ones. Bears often migrate specifically to follow human development as it provides a guaranteed and easy source for them to forage high calorie foods.

@Oooooouuu-baby 16 күн бұрын

Team human

@jamescuratalo2609 16 күн бұрын

What a foolish way to think.

@confusciouspuff5701 15 күн бұрын

Humans basically exterminate everything in their path until nothing is left.

@drhexagonapus 15 күн бұрын

@jamescuratalo2609 huh? Its a joke man! But it also happens to be accurate. So why is it foolish?

@livemusicreportscustommusi4245 17 күн бұрын

the bears were there first... those people should move to the city and stop complaining

@bluebearaustin 17 күн бұрын

Whatever home you have, sell it and go to the other end of town.

@maggie9312 17 күн бұрын

Exactly

@p.ipebomb 16 күн бұрын

OHHHH MY GODD. First the cities are sh*holes with needles. Now y'all say move back??? 😂😂 Exhausting

@kountrygunz2032 16 күн бұрын

You should get rid of your electronic devices. The child labor and pollution caused from mining the materials needed to make your precious electronics is making people sick and damaging the earth. Ill move to the city when you quit buying the "NEW" iphone/samsung every year. Deal?

@sango_wango851 16 күн бұрын

This just isn't true, this area was bear free decades ago but they are now encroaching because they have learned it's a safe food source. I understand the sentiment but perhaps consider the facts before you make things up.

@thebookkeeper8551 16 күн бұрын

Its not an invasion, bears are reclaiming their territory.

@kountrygunz2032 16 күн бұрын

No they just smell good food. The bears aren't planning a revolution.

@kevincage1641 15 күн бұрын

@thebookkeeper8551 I agree with you. Many of the illegal migrants from Central America invading the US border are mixed with First Nations.....Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayan, etc.. Scientists state that some of the Mounds built in Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee were constructed by Toltecs. Based on your statement, 'they are just reclaiming their territory too.

@jasondeardorff 16 күн бұрын

Bears didn't "wander away from their habitat". Humans moved their towns into bear habitat.

@irkhanbasc 17 күн бұрын

They seem smarter than your average bear.

@JacobSolbux 16 күн бұрын

and definitely smarter than your average human

@Journeyagain0 15 күн бұрын

HeheHE.

@horde4909 14 күн бұрын

Yogi bear

@karmakazi219 16 күн бұрын

"California bear habitat facing human invasion" Fixed it.

@cali_swaki204 17 күн бұрын

This must be so unbearable for them

@wwallace0071 16 күн бұрын

@dankjankings7339 16 күн бұрын

This is so underrated. Nice one

@tjdime 16 күн бұрын

yea, poor bears 'eh.

@ydne 16 күн бұрын

The neighbors who feed the bears are everyone who doesn't have a bear proof garbage pick up situation.

@Wolfy39565 17 күн бұрын

People need to realize 🙄 they were here first. We need to coexist. But the bear in the fridge was funny

@SUGAR_XYLER 16 күн бұрын

The bear soaking in the pool 🤣

@sango_wango851 16 күн бұрын

There where no bears in this area 20 years ago. They learned to come here because once the humans did they identified it as an easy and safe food source.

@Wolfy39565 11 күн бұрын

@SUGAR_XYLER eventually they will enjoying hot tubs very soon🤣

@RodneySlinger 16 күн бұрын

Exact same story aired years ago except it was the bears talking about the human invasion.

@Abby-yc7tt 16 күн бұрын

Are they invading your patios or did you invade theirs?

@brandisuperstar 16 күн бұрын

Um the bears are being invaded by greedy, rich people. Very sad 😢

@Tom-xn8nn 16 күн бұрын

How does this story show " greed " ?

@kountrygunz2032 16 күн бұрын

oh no tell joe to send billions of dollars in weapons to the bears.

@michellenoneya5159 16 күн бұрын

@@Tom-xn8nn, easy, rich people destroy forests to build their luxury get always, leaving the bears with nowhere else to go!! Pretty simple if you actually have a brain!!

@gorey4more837 17 күн бұрын

Guess that's what you get when you encroach on wildlife territory. 🤷

@JoseMartinez-df2db 16 күн бұрын

The bears aren’t invading. It’s the people, the settlers, colonists.

@p.ipebomb 16 күн бұрын

Foo is still stuck on being an activist, everything is 'racist' and 'homophobic' 😂 this ain't the 2010's, the world is worse now

@STdoubleDs 16 күн бұрын

Where shall you go, colonizer?

@tammiebroggins 16 күн бұрын

@@STdoubleDsnobody invited the colonists ! The bears belong here

@davidwright873 16 күн бұрын

Colonists???? This ain't 1776 you know. Lol

@pravak6745 16 күн бұрын

Lead by example and decolonize yourself.

@OMBP20 17 күн бұрын

Bears are adorable

@danielmartin7838 16 күн бұрын

They can be deadly. Always respect wild animals

@starventure 16 күн бұрын

@@danielmartin7838 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grWinqx9ttPUgp8.html

@edwardruiz8920 16 күн бұрын

until they are chewing on you

@user-hc4ti8kw4v 16 күн бұрын

The woods are the home of the bears and many other wild animals. People build cabins in the woods.

@huskeyfosterfail4980 16 күн бұрын

These people don’t see the irony. They choose to live in bear country and then complain about it. SMH

@babayaga2977 16 күн бұрын

I live in the woods and have deer and bear on my property all the tine. Yes, I understand that they didn't move into my neighborhood, I moved into theirs. I don't leave any smelly trash out anywhere. We cohabitate peacefully.

@bambooblue74 16 күн бұрын

I bet in almost all 560 incidents, food was involved. If you handle your food property, it will reduce these incidents.

@robertcarter8868 15 күн бұрын

Bingo!

@Lauren-vd4qe 17 күн бұрын

Pple feeding the bears shd b fined $1,000 first offense, $5,000 second offense. 30 days in jail 3rd offense; beyond that, their property is transferred to the city/county with no recourse for the owner and the owner banned from the town.

@rachellandry3116 16 күн бұрын

are you insane?!?

@ralphee7487 16 күн бұрын

Same problem in Lake Tahoe, people feeding bears and the bears keep coming back for more.

@isaacshaver6218 16 күн бұрын

They have those laws in Russia....you should probably move there, it'll be easier than changing the laws here

@carolinematusevich889 16 күн бұрын

That would definitely be a deterrent. Even better would be for rangers to plant shrubs and trees whose berries and nuts are native to their diets on state trust lands and within national forests, far from homes, trails and campgrounds. Especially after wildfires, while the ashes enriches the soil.

@PeaceIsYeshua 16 күн бұрын

I agree with a steep fine, but definitely not $5K or taking their home. People who feed bears are putting others at risk, because it makes the bears less afraid of people and more likely to attack someone, and considering how bold they’re being trying to get inside homes, there should absolutely be a steep fine for the very ignorant people feeding them.

@seeharvester 17 күн бұрын

And I thought my ant problem was bad.

@hellogoodbye6201 16 күн бұрын

U gave me a good laugh, thanks!😂

@kountrygunz2032 16 күн бұрын

were they black ants like the black bears?

@Punisher6791 16 күн бұрын

California Bear town facing Human 'Invasion' there, i fixed the title.

@HabeasJ 16 күн бұрын

The woods where you built your McMansion isn't these people's natural habitat

@Gargoyle3438 16 күн бұрын

They're breaking into homes? So then they CAN imitate human behavior...

@kenji-xj2ft 17 күн бұрын

I have a property in northern california and I appreciate the wild life and all but the bear encounters are crazy. I've had them break into my home numerous times because theres a old lady neighbor who feed the bears. Shes been feeding them for 20 years apparently. I was told she would go hiking and drop food into random areas and makes a trail back to her home. She loves bears and all wildife apparently. I got so sick and tired of the break ins that I filed a complaint against her. She was not too happy about that and insisted shes gonna keep doing it. I told her, dont mind me and my hunter buddies then because we will be waiting on my porch with tags ready to go. She opted to pay for fencing material and labor with electric fence equipment running all the way thru as she's a multi millionaire. Apparently she was a trust fund baby. But yea as long as I dont hurt the bear. I happily agreed. She fenced up over 4acres worth 😂. Shes happy and I'm happy, end of story. And it was not my offer, it was her idea.

@redx1106 16 күн бұрын

Did she ever get fined or any legal trouble?

@kenji-xj2ft 16 күн бұрын

@@redx1106 she got a warning. they had no evidence against her to fine her.

@user-zf3xb3qx8w 16 күн бұрын

surveyor was dropping his lunch as he walked in Bella Coola area in BC (Spirit bear country). We found him with his skull whacked off.

@shanet7511 16 күн бұрын

Breaking News!!! Bears live in the woods🤯 FYI: if you buy a house boat it will always be wet

@lauren6509 16 күн бұрын

Feeding them isn't the issue. They're not invasive they're hungry. We encroached on their property and it's time y'all find ways fix it.

@Facefully. 17 күн бұрын

It's downright overbearing. One citizen says.

@louisetremblay5603 16 күн бұрын

They're simply claiming back their territory...

@wannabuyamonkey5983 16 күн бұрын

Read “What Bears Know”, Mammoth CA has dealt with Black Bears for decades by not feeding them or making trash readily available.

@user-zf3xb3qx8w 16 күн бұрын

Columbia valley in BC (headwaters of the mighty Columbia river). We don't have trash p/u, you don't compost protein, and we pull the apples off the trees before the early fall bear arrival. Seems to work .

@WebDesignSocal 16 күн бұрын

Maybe keep your doors and windows locked and don't leave your trash out?

@NaroghnRhydjosyn-fd7ns 17 күн бұрын

Some people feed the bears instead of deer...some people eat them instead of deer. What a diverse world.

@markoursic2685 10 күн бұрын

you make a mistake, who eat bears?!, well maybe few, but i never heard, they prefer deer. If animals are cool, then they will be eaten by human, some human are weird, why not eat snakes,bears,lions,rats,....More you are cool more you are in dangerous, hmmm sound familiar in my case.

@Jb-mi2rm 16 күн бұрын

Unbearable

@Houston77005 16 күн бұрын

Moving to where the bear are and complaining is akin to moving to the airport and complaining about the noise.

@EhCloserLook 17 күн бұрын

Seemingly SO MANY bears out there. That’s crazy.

@lindaminton 16 күн бұрын

Bear's aren't as dangerous as homeless squatters.

@chrisdeguzman7795 16 күн бұрын

For realzzz

@Marvin-ut4xs 16 күн бұрын

@JacobSolbux 16 күн бұрын

periodt!!!!! 1000%

@kountrygunz2032 16 күн бұрын

Try talking to a bear face to face. Let us know how it goes.

@frozenbanana4842 16 күн бұрын

Put your theory to the test then

@meghanmclean1920 16 күн бұрын

These comments are silly. The majority of the US is wild and unpopulated. The bears have plenty of room. They’ve learned it’s easier to take human food. Stop feeding them.

@HiAdrian 16 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="31">0:31</a> Imagine if Mr. Bear 🐻was being asked about the _human situation_ in the forest. _“Honestly, it's out of control.”_

@bananascoaster1243 16 күн бұрын

With a name like Pine Mountain Club makes me think the bears might've been there first

@user-lu8gn2dw7b 16 күн бұрын

Bear was like, "You know who it is. It's me. Stop feeding the bears.

@jaytaylor2312 17 күн бұрын

Yogi just looking for a picnic basket

@LeighAnnGue 17 күн бұрын

Duh! Poor bear

@bubblin1 16 күн бұрын

How can bears invade homes when humans invaded their homes in the first place???

@kountrygunz2032 16 күн бұрын

now you know how the natives felt

@robwalsh9843 14 күн бұрын

I've lived around black bears before up in Tahoe. The simple truth is you need to 1) bear-proof your home 2) bear-proof the trash cans and dumpsters 3) give them as wide a berth you can. Also, they tend to avoid dogs, so a four legged friend might help.

@scottmclaughlin5674 16 күн бұрын

This isn't an invasion. 100 years ago, the neighboring mountain called "Bear Mountain" had the highest concentration of black bears in all of North America. Early 1900s Barnum and Bailey Circus sourced their circus bears from this area. Grizzley bears were hunted to extinction in the area 100 years ago as well. This isn't a "problem". This is natural populations rising back to natural levels. The question should be who moved into who's neighborhood?

@garthgaspar7216 16 күн бұрын

I live by the beach why is there water and sand near my house???

@kyleleblanc3488 16 күн бұрын

Start bear proofing your house. Leave the bears alone.

@sarachan8932 16 күн бұрын

That’s their 🐻 home, humans should move out and DON’T HURT THEM! Poor bears, animals

@laurencaulton103 16 күн бұрын

That's exactly how the animals felt when they built those houses there. Where do you expect the animals to go? And what are they going to eat, now that you've killed off the smaller animals and the vegetation they used to live off?

@deak4032 17 күн бұрын

Leave Mother Earth’s Bear Children ALONE. Anyone who has so much as a thought to cause harm to them In any way, will be harmed in the same fashion as their own thought projections. Your thoughts, your willful intent to cause harm to them with just your thoughts will bring about your own demise. The Animals are GOD’S. You do not have permission to harm, or hurt them in any capacity.

@ellendukes8944 15 күн бұрын

Bears didn't wonder away from their natural habitat, The People Did!

@13lood13ath 16 күн бұрын

No. WE invaded THEIR territory. These people moved to the mountains and the bears were there first. Don't like living around bears? Don't live in the mountains. Simple as that. Humans really need to start respecting nature and animals more.

@0-Elias-0 16 күн бұрын

More Cameras = More Bear Sightings Aint nothing to see here (⬆➡⬆)

@sango_wango851 16 күн бұрын

The problem is that people feed them explicitly or allow them to feed. They start to learn that breaking in to houses and being around humans is a safe activity. Bears are naturally afraid of humans and their structures and have to learn over time that these are safe places for them to go and eat. It's one thing to be nice to wildlife but it's another to encourage behavior like this which ultimately will usually result in the death of the animal.

@traildoggy 16 күн бұрын

They are not "wandering from their natural habitat", humans built a town on top of their natural habitat.

@vinivola 16 күн бұрын

"Some how opening car doors" as if the bear had the keys instead of the owners obviously leaving the vehicle unlocked, gotta love the news.

@lilmartinez48 16 күн бұрын

Bear opens UNLOCKED car door Bear opens UNLOCKED house door

@claradiblasi354 16 күн бұрын

Correction: Homeowners built their home 🏡 in a wildlife habitat. Bears are in their territory, called home.

@danielmartin7838 16 күн бұрын

Feeding them will only lead to human injury that will sign the death-warrant of the bears

@arladicey 16 күн бұрын

The bears are being pushed out of their own habitats. They have nowhere else to go. I certainly don't want anyone hurt; but none of this is really the bears' fault.

@user-yp1ig7zr7p 16 күн бұрын

You invaded the bears first human! That’s their home with modern amenities 😊😂

@kennethscottwagner5981 16 күн бұрын

If it comes down to bears or people, I’m with the bears

@5wheels521 15 күн бұрын

Bill and fine the bear feeders for all the damage and stress they have caused the town. The town needs to take action before someone gets killed. Bears have done no wrong being invited in.

@susansantana4454 16 күн бұрын

You have your home in the wilderness and then wonder why you're having bears in your yard

@einienj3281 16 күн бұрын

You mean; Bears are experiencing a human invasion.

@sdpumas619 15 күн бұрын

Poor bears, having to deal with all these people.

@gleebranham5091 15 күн бұрын

Perhaps y'all should have been aware of who's neighborhood you built in. Bears have Tennant rights

@user-mh4qd4xm2b 16 күн бұрын

CORRECTION...The Bears are facing a human invasion

@veeriabroadcast 12 күн бұрын

Bears would be like well you invaded us first.

@denillefleming2942 16 күн бұрын

Too much food availability.

@clintstinkeye5607 16 күн бұрын

I found that little marine or stadium air horns worked beautifully for chasing away bears. They ran for their freakin lives. The racoons just looked slightly annoyed and didn't give a flip, but the horns often scared the turds out of bears.

@ArthurCSchaper 16 күн бұрын

It's the revenge of the Three Bears! "How do you like it, Goldilocks?! This is payback!" 😂😂😂

@pughoneycutt1986 16 күн бұрын

Our fore fathers knew how to deal with this.

@SophiaLaudano 17 күн бұрын

💬 some may feel safe with wildlife like they don't understand they live there

@Captain.Pugwash 16 күн бұрын

I'm on the side of the bears

@zeegeejay 16 күн бұрын

Well the bears had to deal with a human invasion first so....

@D3Hearts 16 күн бұрын

People keep treating wild animals like they are domestic pets so they get used to being around humans and they EXPECT to be fed.

@Karl-zx1pt 16 күн бұрын

The bears heard they wouldn't be prosecuted for breaking and entering or theft.

@6XXBANSHEEXX8 16 күн бұрын

The audacity to call the bears the invaders.

@ericeandco 15 күн бұрын

You built your house in their back yard. Learn to coexist.

@patrickpainter1724 15 күн бұрын

umm you decided to live in a bear's habitat.

@gilbertnicholas1582 11 күн бұрын

They're blaming bears for being in the forest 🤦‍♂️

@leannewells2738 16 күн бұрын

The woods belong to them! Respect the bears 🐻

@cathysmith1555 16 күн бұрын

The bears were there first

@ScottMoeGator 16 күн бұрын

Gosh, maybe don't move into bear country?

@koda3967 15 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="85">1:25</a> Not wandering away from their natural habitat - they're looking around at all the buildings and wondering WHERE the heck did their habitat go?!? That and wildfires; flooding; drought... 🤷‍♀️ Stay vigilant.

@Nopadope 15 күн бұрын

Bears face human invasion, fixed it.

@DONALD_DADDY_TRUMP 16 күн бұрын

The bears want gummy bears

@mmaggie5800 9 күн бұрын

Bear invasion?? This was their habitat years ago.

@areasevenpro 15 күн бұрын

The homeowners should just grin and bear it. 🐻

@mikedellapietro3602 16 күн бұрын

I don't feel bad for these people. I feel bad for the bears

@blaiseaimee7098 16 күн бұрын

We have the Black Bear on the State flag in California for a reason! They used to be everywhere and then the population was almost decimated. That they are back like this is a blessing. These people should move out of bear territory or learn how to co-exist. That one dude needs to clean up his house (looks like a hoarder) and then maybe the bears wouldn't come in!

@IvanIvanoIvanovich 14 күн бұрын

The state flag depicts the now extinct California Grizzly, a subspecies of brown bear.

@blaiseaimee7098 14 күн бұрын

@@IvanIvanoIvanovich Thanks for this info! I love learning something new. Apparently they were extinct in the state by 1920...would be so cool if they came back... but we can't even handle the little black bears!

@IvanIvanoIvanovich 14 күн бұрын

@@blaiseaimee7098 Especially when you consider the prime grizzly habitat in California was coastal areas that now have the densest populations.

@gregoriancatmonk6904 4 күн бұрын

Its not the bears that are out of control, it was their habitat first.

@jeffreyguy8328 16 күн бұрын

I am from CA. Reagan as Gov had things better - he had logging companies working in the forests to clear out dead trees and bad areas, this stopped massive fires, kept people working and brought in taxes. Once he was gone Brown was Gov and the environmentalists got their way and no logging, but more mass fires, more wind and solar power, more people in all areas and less attempt to stop animals.