Guy comes back from dinner in South Lake Tahoe, finds a 400 pound bear raiding his kitchen
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 8 months ago
The vacation rental in South Lake Tahoe had been empty for most of the night; the man and the people with him in Tahoe had all gone out to dinner. While they were out, a large female black bear entered the house through a sliding glass door, looking for food to eat in the kitchen upstairs.
Wildlife officials say the bear weighed as much as 400 to 500 pounds. The man, who has not been identified, told law enforcement officials that the bear charged at him, trying to swiping at him with her arm, huffing and growling. He said that, within a moment, the bear was on top of him. He said the bear had her mouth on his arm, said Capt. Patrick Foy of California Fish and Wildlife’s Law Enforcement Division.
“He had a pistol in his other hand,” Foy said, “and shot [the bear] in the head at point blank range.”
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Foy said the shooter did not sustain any injuries that warranted immediate medical treatment.
The bear, however, was bleeding profusely from the gunshot wound in her head and immediately retreated.
Dang it. Dean Weingarten needs the caliber of the handgun for cataloging purposes. Why do news reporters write on bear attacks and not give the gun type and caliber?
Note. He shot the bear at point blank range, and the bear was still able to retreat
On July 8, 2021 at 7:06 am, George said:
The report I read said the bear died.
On July 8, 2021 at 7:44 am, Fred said:
Here’s a quote from a longer article about the ATTACK.
“Bears in Tahoe are usually as nonthreatening as bunnies”
http://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/amp/tahoe-visitor-shoots-bear-inside-home-self-defense-16280120.php?
Caliber of the weapon is not given. The other article says it’s a black. Some interesting details are also given.
On July 8, 2021 at 7:46 am, Fred said:
George, it did die, the next morning when officials found it and finished off.
On July 8, 2021 at 8:27 am, RCW said:
Maybe most journalists fail to provide pertinent details of weapons, caliber, etc. because few have ever handled much less owned, operated, field stripped, cleaned, lubed, etc., firearms of any kind, long & short?
On July 8, 2021 at 8:42 am, Mark Matis said:
If the “reporter” had “reported,” it undoubtedly would have been an “AR-15 shooting 50 cal bullets”!!!
On July 8, 2021 at 11:39 am, Frank Clarke said:
@Mark Matis: More likely: “50mm caliber automatic magazine clips”.
On July 8, 2021 at 1:10 pm, Brad said:
I live down the mountain from Tahoe and those Morons have given Yogi and BooBoo more rights than humans. They do have Bear/Human problems up their all the time. You just never hear about them. 5 years ago the entire Fam Damily was up there for a wedding and about a 250 pound bear chased my two sister in laws back into their cabin. The bears up there literally survive on trash. I had a Sheriff Deputy tell me there’s a bear that regularly feeds from a Taco Bell dumpster that Fish and Game estimate it’s weight at 800 pounds.
I’m surprised Cal DFG let’s these do gooders mismanage bears this badly. They’re so over populated they’re moving to much lower elevations than where you would usually find them. I’m seeing bears at 2000 foot level. Plus the bears are unhealthy as hell. Maybe we should insist that the South Lake Tahoe City Council provide an exercise plan for the bears.