And I thought I had problems with mice in the house...
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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 Fish and Wildlife later captured a smaller bear instead
He says officials told him he could not try to lure the bear out on his own
Johnson is now threatening to sue the department. He accuses officials of negligence and emotional distress
He says he rigged a burglar alarm to make loud clattering sounds and played hours of dog barking through speakers pointed into the vents.
Noise is fine but he should have used gunshots; that would be something the bear would probably recognize as a danger. Dogs are not a danger to bears.
He should have lured the bear out with pick-a-nick baskets.
No doubt Fish and Wildlife has some environmentalist prohibition against removing the dangerous beast. It IS California after all.