Elderly Tourist Couple Leaving House Didn't Notice Brown Bear Cub on Porch

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 01-26-2014, 01:17 PM

A Scottish couple had a close encounter with a bear as they locked up their Californian vacation home - and they didn't even realize it.

Surveillance footage shows Bob and Irene McKeown leaving the home in Pasadena near Angeles National Forest without even noticing the bear that was right next to them.
The curious cub then followed them to their car before they finally saw it.

'I felt something brushing against my leg. Once I closed the [car] door, I turned around, I shout, 'It's a bear! It's a bear!'" said Bob McKeown. He suffered just a small nick on his leg.

Neighbors say the baby brown bear has been wondering around the neighborhood which is located in the foothills near the Angeles National Forest, since Tuesday.

The video shows the bear slowly approaching the entrance, only to stop as the couple walks out of the house.

The bear then follows the pair as they walk to their car. It was then they realized they were not alone.

After helping Irene into the vehicle, Bob felt something on his leg.
'I closed the door and I looked…. a bear!' Bob McKeown said. 'You don’t know how scared you are, you just see a bear. I’ve never encountered a bear.' he added.

With his wife safely inside the vehicle, Bob McKeown ran for the stairs to let himself back into the house.

But he did not escape unscathed, the bear had clawed at his right calf.
'It comes around trash day. It gets hungry, so it just comes out. But it's very friendly. It's not aggressive at all,' said Pasadena resident Marina Tucker.

Animal control officers and Pasadena police, armed with shotguns, were on the scene monitoring the bear as it meandered.

He might be just knocking, looking around for some garbage cans, looking for something to eat and then once he couldn't find something, or he found something, he'll work his way back to an area where he feels safe, which is suitable habitat.