The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is warning residents to keep an eye out for unwelcome visitors with a video of a large bear emerging from the small vent opening of a house where it it was spending the winter, according to UPI.
The post warns, “What may initially appear to be just a pile of brush, a crawl space or a hollowed-out tree, may actually be the winter home of a bear, and possibly its cubs.”
“If disturbed by humans, a bear may be inadvertently flushed from the den, and if it’s a female bear with cubs, she may orphan her cubs if humans do not leave the area immediately,” adds the post.
The commission urges residents who spot bear dens to “remain calm, leave the area quickly and quietly, and do not disturb the den for the rest of the winter season.”