Bear Breaks Into Estes Park Home | Denver News

An Estes Park woman woke up to a bear in her kitchen—on the second floor—charging her, scratching her stomach and knocking her down before escaping through a first-floor window. Deputies can’t find the bear, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working with federal agencies to track it down. With drought driving bears into neighborhoods, officials report over 6,000 encounters this year—double the norm—and warn that bears are in hyperphagia mode, needing 20,000 calories daily before hibernation. Stay safe: secure trash, lock doors and cars, and remove bird feeders until Thanksgiving. Feeding bears is illegal and dangerous. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c19afd9c11724d78