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A Southern California homeowner has had a close encounter with a bear living in his crawl space

Altadena resident Kenneth Johnson says that the massive animal has been coming in and out of his crawl space since February, one month after the Eaton fire

“I was shaking like a leaf for half an hour,” he said, recalling his first face-to-face encounter with the bear

A Southern California homeowner first began dealing with an unwanted guest earlier this year, but he didn't learned the intruder's identity until November.

According to the Los Angeles Times , KTLA , and NBC Los Angeles , Altadena resident Kenneth Johnson noticed in February 2025 that bricks around the outside of his home's small crawl space had been moved and that the wooden frame surrounding the space had

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