Bear breaks into Colorado woman’s home, attacks her in middle of night

A younger bear broke right into a Colorado residence and attacked an aged girl at the hours of darkness, in keeping with officers.

The 82-year-victim luckily escaped the encounter with solely scratches after she awakened earlier than daybreak Friday when she heard a crashing sound and her canine growling, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a news release.

As she opened the double doorways to her mudroom, a small cinnamon-colored black bear jumped at her, scratching the girl on the legs, the company mentioned.

She was in a position to shove the bear off her and rapidly shut the doorways to the room. The bear, which she believes weighed lower than 100 kilos, frantically ran across the room earlier than scaling a shelf and ripping by means of an open window display screen to flee, parks and wildlife mentioned.

Wildlife officers at the moment are on the hunt for the imposing animal, which is taken into account harmful as a result of it injured an individual. If captured, will probably be “humanely euthanized,” officers mentioned.

“Human well being and security all the time stay our prime precedence in any incident like this, no matter how minor the accidents are,” Mike Brown, CPW’s space wildlife supervisor for the area mentioned in an announcement.

“CPW officers are doing every little thing we are able to to find this bear. Fortunately, the sufferer’s accidents include very minor scratches.”

A lure has been set on the girl’s residence close to Boncarbo, west of the town of Trinidad, which is near the New Mexico border.

Primarily based on the girl’s description, authorities suppose the bear is both a cub or a yearling.

The sufferer’s accidents have been so minor she turned down medical consideration.

Whereas that is the second bear assault within the space in as many weeks, officers don’t consider the 2 are related.

There have been 4 reported bear assaults in Colorado this yr.