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At about l0 p.m. on August 31, John Tietbohl of Bachelor Gulch, Colorado, walked his fiancee to his vehicle parked in front of his house. After he shut her door, he began to walk to the driver's door and came face-to-face with a 150-pound black bear. It was in the driveway coming directly toward him. He immediately drew his 9mm pistol and shot the bear, scaring it away.
According to the September 4 Vail Daily, Tietbohl asserted that he "had to shoot the bear. It was determined to get inside [his] house." Previously, the bear had continuously prowled around Tietbohl's house for five or six weeks, and it had even managed to enter his house on three occasions by either pushing open a sliding glass door or by opening a latched door by pushing down on a levered handle.
The problem was so bad that on the night of the shooting, Tietbohl and his fiancee were going to stay at a hotel because they were afraid that the bear would ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Man refuses to share house with bear.(Exercising The Right)