Mama bear rescues cub from South Tahoe garage
By CBS-13
A South Lake Tahoe homeowner captured incredible video of a bear cub trapped inside her garage and the momma bear doing whatever it took to rescue her baby.
It’s impossible to stop watching the video as the baby bear hangs on to garage door tracks, flings its legs around trying to find solid ground, sees the ladder, probably the same one it used to get up there.
One try. Two tries. And it sticks. Down the ladder goes baby into mama’s massive yet loving arms.
All of it was captured by Judy Coover.
“I had one foot in the door here, so I had an easy exit plan,” she told CBS13 on Monday. “I was tempted to go and pick him up, but I thought ‘No, where there’s a baby bear there’s a mama bear.”
Yes, a 500- to 600-pound mama just a few feet away trying to open the garage.
“It lifted a foot off the ground, then slammed back shut, lifted up, slammed back shut,” Judy said.
Too funny. I watched this yesterday and had no idea it was a Tahoe home. I thought it was incredible that the ladder missed the car too! Thanks to Ms. Coover for sharing the footage.
MAMA Bear is a smart bear ,proud of you mama,run babies run,be safe,
Heard about and been involved in some pretty cool bear situations in this town, but gotta admit that this video is probably the coolest one I’ve ever seen!
You find yourself cheering baby bear on!!!
Great video! Adorable. So glad Judy captured it to share. I hope her garage door still works. Those bears are really smart!
how did the bear get in the garage in the first place?
is that where you keep your garbage can?