By Gary Meyer, TME

Pine Mountain resident Jack Bricker had unexpected company at about 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, July 17.

A large bear broke into his house and began helping itself to items in the pantry.

“This was a big bear with a brown snout, not a baby,” Bricker said Sunday afternoon.

“The back door was locked and it’s a sturdy, solid door. But the bear just smashed it open, breaking off one side of the door jamb,” he said.

“I was upstairs watching TV and…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Saturday, 7/16: PMC bear euthanized on Caribou Drive

Monday, 7/18: Bear killed on Frazier Mountain Park Road between Frazier Park and Lake of the Woods.

Wednesday, 1 a.m., 7/20: Bear killed on Frazier Mountain Park Road in Lake of the Woods at Lakewood Place.

Breaking into homes all over the mountain is what bears do now, like this one several years ago.

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