These family members were left shocked after learning that the strange rumbling sounds that they have been hearing in their house for some time were actually a family of bears resting in their house. Upon discovering this, the family immediately called the BEAR league to "uninvite Mama bear", which is a process that involves “being territorial and scary, thereby making the bear believe it’s not going to be safe there anymore.” This process is never meant to bring any physical harm to the animals.
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These California residents were left shocked after discovering a family of 5 bears hibernating under their house.
A Facebook post by BEAR League, a nonprofit organization that strives to help people "live in harmony" with bears, detailed the incident last week.
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According to the post, the family members kept hearing strange and "odd rumbling, snoring-like noises" throughout the winter but ignored it because "it simply didn't make any sense".
So when the bears woke up from their hibernation, they prepared to leave the residence and this is when the family stumbled upon the bizarre discovery.
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The BEAR League was called and immediately arrived to "uninvite Mama bear", which is a process that involves “being territorial and scary, thereby making the bear believe it’s not going to be safe there anymore.” The process is never meant to physically hurt bears.
However, both the league and the residents were unaware that the pack contained not only the mama bear but there were also four young cubs living under the house too.
Apparently, the mother bear had three cubs last year before adopting an orphaned cub nine months later.
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According to HuffPost, BEAR League's Executive Director Ann Bryant shared that bears adopting cubs are very rare, however, in this case, the orphaned cub's mother had been hit by a car. During the winter, the family of bears entered a crawl space opening and settled in.
Bryant explained that the process of getting the bears to vacate the area entailed "being territorial and scary, thereby making the bear believe it's not going to be safe there anymore."
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She shared that the volunteers never mean to harm bears physically but that "sometimes we do hurt their feelings."
After removing the giant beasts from the property, the BEAR league then installed an electrical barrier in the crawl space to give a small shock to bears trying to enter.
“Each winter, about 100 to 150 of our bears attempt to hibernate under homes here at Tahoe,” Bryant said. “The BEAR League is kept very busy moving bears out of these crawl spaces, often several bears each day.”
The BEAR league ended by saying that to avoid the bears from hibernating during winter, people should carefully close up any crawl spaces that have "cave-like" openings.
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