A black bear that made its way into a New Hampshire home got stuck inside the porch area and eventually left after 45 minutes — after making quite a mess.
“Naughty, NAUGHTY bear!!” Melissa Anne Kelley-Champney of Grafton posted on Facebook following the encounter Saturday. “We do NOT eat the walls and the doorknobs! Worst houseguest EVER!”
She said her husband had to climb out a window and go push the door open so the bear could get out. No one was hurt.
The couple estimated the bear was over 400 pounds.
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New Hampshire has between 4,800 and 5,000 black bears statewide, according to the state Fish and Game Department. The bears typically enter dens between mid-October and late November and emerge from dens during late March or early April.
In 2018 in Groton, a woman was injured when a bear was trapped in her home.
