For a Month, a Black Bear Has Been Living in the Basement of a House in California – Homeowner To Sue State Authorities as They Are Unable or Unwilling To Remove It (VIDEOS)
It’s hard to bear this.
A man in Altadena, California has had his life upended by a 550-pound black bear.
For a month, now, the massive beast has been living underneath his home.
Despite multiple attempts to remove it, the ‘squatter’ remains there, and now the homeowner weighs taking legal action – against the authorities, not the bear.
Today’s Bear of the Day is Yellow 2120 from Altadena, California!
This 550 lb male black bear has been living in a man’s crawlspace for over a month! Despite several attempts to evict him, he has decided to continue his tenancy under the man’s house! #beartwt pic.twitter.com/EjHheUkW52
— Bear Of The Day! (@BearOTD_) December 31, 2025
CBS News reported:
“’I thought this would be over by now’, Ken Johnson told CBS News.
Since Thanksgiving week, Johnson has caught the bear on security camera footage roaming around his property and squeezing into the crawlspace underneath his house. Since he doesn’t have a dog, Johnson said he tried pumping barking sounds into the crawl space to try to scare off the bear, but it wouldn’t budge.”
NEW: California homeowner threatens to sue after state REFUSES to remove 550-pound bear living under his house
Kenneth Johnson, 63, says a massive male black bear moved into the crawl space of his $1.5 million Altadena home just before Thanksgiving
The California Department of… pic.twitter.com/yEbd1qSKfX
— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) December 30, 2025
Johnson can hear the bear underneath his house, and he’s worried it may launch into his living room through the floor.
A Altadena homeowner says living with a bear under his house has pushed him to his breaking point. Story: https://t.co/RKNOgMWiiq pic.twitter.com/TdzCktP5WG
— KTLA (@KTLA) December 29, 2025
“Johnson has alerted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which set up more cameras and has tried, unsuccessfully, to lure the bear out. Several weeks ago, the department set up a trap: a large metal cage sprayed with cherry and caramel scents. A bear was found inside it on Dec. 16, but officials said it was the wrong bear.
‘People talk about feeling humbled. This is very humbling’, Johnson said. ‘There’s a bear under my house, and there’s nothing I can do about it!’”
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