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A Real Three Bears Story
Yes, we have BEARS in our neighborhood, Sharon-Connecticut, New England: Story-
The Kopec family returned home to find that a bear had entered their house through the dog door, left paw prints on all the nearby windows and sliding doors, and eaten a 40lb. bag of sunflower seeds.
Paul Rego and his Environmental Protection crew came out with a trap shaped like a long metal pipe and they loaded it with jelly donuts, peanut butter and bacon grease “(we treat our bears very well ;-)”
Needless to say, with a menu as enticing as that it was only a short time before the bear came down to partake. THe bear was soon trapped. As Rick Kopec waited for the crew to arrive he walked outside into his yard and spotted another, larger bear ambling down toward the trap.
When Rego and his colleagues arrived, they shot the male bear with darts that put him to sleep, and the two bears were measured, weighed and loaded in the back of Rego’s pickup truck, which was beginning to get crowded.
The smaller, female bear weighed 225 pounds. She already had a radio collar on her neck and red tags on her ears. The Kopecs said she was a frequent visitor to their home. The male bear was quite a bit larger, weighing in at 480 pounds. Kopec took photos, he said he would miss the bear, and took advantage of the rare chance to pet the large and sort of cuddly animals. As he and the environmental team stood talking by the pickup truck, Kopec looked up over Rego’s shoulder and saw a third bear ambling down toward them.
This one was quite a bit larger even than the larger of the two bears in the truck; his weight was estimated at well over 500 pounds. Perhaps because there was no room in the truck, this bear was shooed off into the woods.
The two captured bears were taken down to West Cornwall Road, where they were released.
Yes, we get a lot of bears in out yards. I have several friends who have had bears enter their house. But in all these years, no one has been harmed by a bear. We take it in stride and smile ;-)
Karen and the cats and bears 
Bine-TeddiesCool! Black bears, I presume, not grizzlies? We have bears in Sweden too (smaller brown bears), but they live in the northern forested parts and I have never seen one (yet).
Sabine,
Yes, Black Bears. Real chickens, all you have to do is clap your hands and they run But they do LOVE sunflower seeds and that is what we mostly feed out birds. That's the reason these bears enter a house, they smell the sunflower seeds. But I've heard of even small cats chasing away these bears. They may be big, but not very brave! Happily for us! I am more afraid of large raccoons. But I have to admit I have never been threatened by our many animals. The worse thing I have faced is a Garter snake that was poaching my fish from my pond. I caught him with some barbecue tongs and moved him to a wilder site 
Karen
Back Road BearsWe take down our bird feeders in late spring for exactly this reason. And they can indeed be dangerous.... we've had plenty of 'incidents' here in New Hampshire... usually due to human stupidity!
We have a mamma and one cub this year. He's a curious little guy, not afraid of much. I so desparately want to go cuddle that cub.... he's so cute! But alas, I don't fall into the category of "human stupidity" on this one! Mamma would NOT be happy. She's already charged a neighbor for unknowingly walking down our dirt road and coming between she and the cub. Another neighbor was driving down the road in his pick up and the first guy jumped in the back of it to escape. Ah, the excitement of living in the woods.
I'm not so sure how I'd feel about one coming into the house....... 
Daphne,
I think that little bit of mileage is enough I hear the New Hampshire bears are more wild than our CT bears. We haven't had a charging incident, in fact, I thinks sometimes our bears want to move in with us
Karen
Matilda Huggington-beareWOW!!! your tale leaves me speechless and in awe Karen. 
Wendy
