My in-laws lived in Crest Park, Ca. at the top of a smallish mountain. Across the street in the woods were both bear and mountain lions. Her house's second floor is level with the road giving you and idea of how much higher the road is than the kitchen on the first floor. They have a picture window in the kitchen. One morning the neighborhood bear saunters across the road and down the incline into the front yard. Its probably about 350 pounds big. Dorothy sits at the kitchen table eating her cereal and drinking her coffee watching the bear. The bear watched Dorothy eat. She filmed the whole damn thing. Big ass bear sitting on its haunches looking at her through the picture window. One night, filmed again by the way by my brother-in-law, the same neighborhood bear climbs onto 2 x 4 railing that surrounds deck and walkway. The bear balances itself and hangs onto outside lamp attached to the side of the house while leaning over about four feet grabbing at bird feeder. It did get the bird feeder. And anything else it wanted in the yard.
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