Man has close encounter with bear that broke into Oakhurst mobile home

OAKHURST, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral successful Oakhurst had a adjacent brushwood with a carnivore that had stolen nutrient 1 nighttime earlier coming backmost for more.

Christopher Smith was house-sitting for his parent successful her mobile location erstwhile an full container of canine nutrient disappeared from the laundry country past week.

He thought racoons had eaten it.

But the adjacent night, a large carnivore got into the home.

Smith says helium instinctively rushed to support his 2 children and pets.

Then the carnivore swiped astatine his foot, injuring him.

"The fearfulness deed archetypal and past the adrenaline deed and arsenic soon arsenic the adrenaline hit, each the thoughts came successful of what I request to bash and however abbreviated of a clip I mightiness person for this carnivore to get implicit the washer and dryer, get done the doorway an get into the house," recalled Smith.

Smith says the carnivore seemed to person a regular and came astir the mobile location for astatine slightest 4 nights astir midnight.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating the encounter, including DNA from Smith's injuries.

Officials accidental the results volition find if the carnivore volition beryllium relocated.