California bears routine check-ins on humanity are leaving them unimpressed (video)

[Otherbrother]

@jlw

Twice in a short period, bears have checked out what neighboring California humans are up to; they do not seem impressed.

Well that’s a serious undercount, based on what I’ve been seeing in my neighborhood. Most of our bear interactions never make the news here.

One interesting recent event that I posted about on another thread took place on my kid’s friend’s front porch:

Brave German shepherd lures a bear away from his house while terrified owner screams (video)

A couple of days ago my son’s friend’s parents had a bit of a startle, and it was captured on their porch security camera. Here’s the sequence of what’s happening below: Bear wanders onto front porch. Bear knocks against front door, which occupants hear and believe to be a package delivery. Bear wanders down side of porch and out of sight just before occupants come outside to retrieve package. Seeing no package, occupants check the security footage on the phone to see what caused the noise. Th…