Bear removed after living underneath SoCal home for months

ALTADENA, Calif. -- The bear that's been surviving underneath an Altadena home for astir 2 months has been removed.

The carnivore -- present known arsenic Yellow 2120 -- made its mode into the homeowner's crawlspace nether his room astir Thanksgiving and had been determination ever since.

The homeowner spoke with Eyewitness News and said the carnivore was spotted Wednesday and was shocked by an electrified doormat utilized by professionals to seizure bears.

The carnal roamed astir the location for a portion lone to recognize his hibernation spot had been sealed off.

"I tin perceive him nether there, and it's truly scary erstwhile you perceive the banging and crushing and scratching and worldly ... he's not happy," said homeowner Ken Johnson.

The bear's whereabouts stay chartless arsenic of Thursday afternoon. A wildlife rescue radical helped with the bear's removal.

State wildlife officials tried to get the carnivore retired aggregate times, but the carnal kept coming back. That's erstwhile a Lake Tahoe nonprofit called The Bear League stepped in.

"I saw that Ken was perchance looking astatine litigation against [California Department of Fish and Wildlife] due to the fact that they benignant of near him precocious and adust and fending for himself with this carnivore nether the house," said Dave Fleishman with The Bear League.

The radical said their team's acquisition made a difference, saying they grip akin removals respective times a day. The aged bear, unmoved by emblematic lures, yet met the close operation of unit and timing.

"He looked precise relieved erstwhile we walked up, I'll accidental that," said Fleishman astir Johnson. "He looked adjacent much relieved, and I would accidental adjacent surprised, astatine however rapidly we were capable to bash it, due to the fact that virtually from the clip Scott started crawling nether the location to the clip the carnivore was retired was little than 10 minutes."

Meantime, it's unclear wherever the carnivore went.