"Biologists at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have had a bear trap set at Ken Johnson's house since Dec. 9 in an attempt to capture a 550-pound male black bear that wedged itself in the crawl space of his home a month ago. After weeks of unsuccessfully setting out caramel- and cherry-flavored bait and noisemakers in the hopes of flushing the bear out, it seemed like all of the efforts had paid off last week."
"'It's funny but it's not,' Johnson said. He's jury-rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it makes a clattering sound loud enough for the neighbor's Ring camera to pick up, he said. He's burned CDs with hours of dog barking audio and pointed speakers into the vents, all in the hopes of flushing Yellow 2120 out. None of it has worked. 'I just don't feel completely at home in my own house, as long as he's under there,' Johnson said."
A 550-pound male black bear called Yellow 2120 squeezed into the crawl space under a Ken Johnson home and remained there for weeks. Biologists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife set a trap at the house on Dec. 9 and used caramel- and cherry-flavored bait and noisemakers to try to flush the bear out. A metal cage rattled on Dec. 16 but held a different bear, which was tagged and released in nearby suitable habitat. Altadena sees frequent bear activity at the foothills. Johnson has used alarms, recorded dog barking and speakers to try to drive Yellow 2120 out, but the bear has not left and Johnson feels uneasy living above the animal.
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