https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/bear-living-under-mans-california-home-finally-leaves/
Giant bear living under LA man’s house finally leaves after 37 days — thanks to this bizarre method
By Jeremy Louwerse
Published Jan. 8, 2026, 6:18 p.m. ET
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The bear eviction finally happened Tuesday after Johnson contacted “The Bear League” — a group from Lake Tahoe that specializes in bear removal emergencies.
“We heard about Ken, we felt bad for him and flew down and got the bear out,” said Ann Bryant, the founder and executive director.
The crew jumped into action, firing paintballs into the crawl space until the bruin had enough — retreating from its den.
“The bear was gone in 20 minutes,” Bryant said.
The paintballs are filled with vegetable oil and sometimes “they hit the bear in the rump,” added Bryant — who said her organization does between six and eight bear extractions a day.
Johnson told The Post he quickly covered the crawl space with two layers of plywood and sandbags to prevent the bear from ever coming back. The Bear League also placed an “electric mat” in front of the crawlspace designed to give a small shock if stepped on.
The shock mat proved to be handy when the bear returned Wednesday but got zapped.
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Take note that the Gooferment’s efforts caught the wrong bear. That made me laugh. We all know that the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy. Why do they keep demonstrating it to us?
Like most private sector fee market solutions, it was quick and easy. And, painless except to the bear who found it a PIA (pain in the ass)! Laugh!
Seriously, about the only thing the Gooferment is good at is killing things!
Argh!
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