“The people were just wonderful, they were so sweet,” Bryant said. “They didn't want anything bad to happen to the bear, they were worried about him and they felt so bad for locking him under there.”
Luckily, Bryant deals with these situations every day, and knew exactly what to do. She found another entrance to the crawl space and managed to get herself behind the bear where he couldn’t see her, and used a special tool to make loud noises to try and scare the bear out of the crawl space. She told the wife to watch from the window and holler when the bear came out — but for some reason, the bear never did.
After a while, Bryant went outside to figure out why he hadn’t come out yet — and that’s exactly the moment the bear decided it was time to leave.
“He poked his head out and I said, ‘He's coming out!’ I backed out enough so the bear wasn't afraid of me,” Bryant said. “He stood there first wondering, ‘What do I do, what do I do?’ And then he ran!”
Everyone watched in awe as the huge bear went dashing past them, on his way to find a less crowded place to sleep for the winter. Bryant recognized the bear immediately, as he’s one BEAR League has known for years, and was thrilled she was able to help him on his journey.
“We've known him for a really long time,” Bryant said. “He loves the local Mexican restaurants — he gets into their dumpsters.”

Lake Tahoe has many bears living in the area, and in the wintertime, they’re all looking for safe places to sleep. It’s very important to make sure crawl spaces and other areas a bear could be interested in are sealed up tight; otherwise, they’ll absolutely make themselves at home.
“They'll rearrange things because they’re so big,” Bryant said. “They don't mean to, but they can cause damage.”
Luckily, BEAR League is always more than happy to help get the bears safely out of places they aren’t supposed to be, and reminds people there’s no reason to be scared of them. They never mean any harm — they’re just looking for warm places to nap!
If you’d like to help other bears in need, you can donate to BEAR League.
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