It’s not that uncommon in Estes Park, Colorado. It’s bear country. So bears do what bears do and sometimes they end up in people’s homes or buildings or, in this instance, the YMCA.
That’s what happened on Monday night in the resort town.
It was about 2am and an employee who was working late heard a sound (yes, this is how many horror movies begin) and she went to investigate.
The employee, Anna Williams, said the thought crossed her mind that the sound could have come from a bear (after all, she lives in Estes Park).
“I walked down the hall, and sure enough, there was a giant black bear raiding the fridge,” Williams said on her Facebook page.
“It saw me and wheeled around to try to get out but couldn’t get the door open,” she said. “So I ran back down to my room, called the front desk so security could be alerted.”
In the past, someone might be content behind a locked door when an animal that could rip your head off was on the other side, but not anymore.
Now, as soon as you gain your wits, the first thing you do, of course, is grab your phone. And that’s what she did.
“It seemed curious as I filmed it, but towards the end I think it felt threatened and trapped. It growled and started charging at me,” she said.
Wisely, at that point, Williams decided to go back in her room and shut the door.
“A little while later I heard security come in and chase it out,” she said.
Williams justified the bear’s actions because he was just looking for some food to get him ready for hibernation.
Sadly, if the bear has become accustomed to looking for food in refrigerators at the YMCA, he may not make it that long to hibernation.
This is the type of bear “the man” takes out.
Here’s hoping the bear sticks to the woods.
