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Bear Put Down After Attack In Colorado Home

Pine
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pine, Colorado is in unicorporated Jefferson County, just off of Highway 285, roughly 46 miles southwest of Denver.

A bear that is believed to have attacked a Colorado man after getting into his home on Monday night has been killed.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says a dog team helped find the bear near the home in Pine in the foothills about 46 miles southwest of Denver and the animal was euthanized Tuesday morning.

Authorities say a black bear and her cub entered the home through a screen door and began eating bread in the kitchen while a 71-year-old man and his wife were downstairs watching television.

Wildlife officials say that when the man came upstairs after hearing noises, he suddenly found himself face-to-face with the sow and the two got into what he described as a boxing match.

His wife also hit the bear multiple times with a baseball bat. The bear and the cub eventually ran out the door.

The man suffered several scratches and cuts.

The cub has not been found.

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