Bumbling bear wreaks havoc, destruction in attempt to enter Virginia home

AMELIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A lady who saved listening to loud banging noises outdoors of her Amelia County house in the course of the night time checked her safety digital camera the subsequent morning and was shocked to see a big black bear had paid her a go to.

Future Layman says she had seen deer and rabbits on her entrance garden in rural central Virginia earlier than, however by no means a bear — not to mention one beating down the facet of her house.

At round 2 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, the bear scratched on home windows, banged on doorways and ripped lights, shingles and siding off of her home. Layman mentioned the beast even left dents on her automotive and ripped the windshield wipers off.

“The bear went to my entrance and my again doorways and did the identical factor and was beating on the doorways,” Layman mentioned. “And I even have a digital camera, so once I had pulled up the digital camera footage once I first wakened, my digital camera was dealing with downward. So the bear had taken the digital camera and had turned it.”

Along with the in depth injury to her home and automotive, the bear left muddy pawprints throughout Layman’s porch.

Amelia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home, took a report and referred to as a conservation officer — however Layman mentioned the conservation officer would solely have been in a position to assist if the bear had gotten inside the house.

Now, Layman says she is getting insurance coverage adjustors to cite her on the price to restore the injury — and continues to be feeling on edge when she is outdoors of her house.

“It undoubtedly is an uneasy feeling,” Layman mentioned. “Like, if I get house after darkish, I drive my automotive like, via the entire yard to shine on each nook of the home earlier than I get out, simply to verify.”

The Amelia County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned it has not acquired every other stories of property injury brought on by bears within the space.