Bullet-scarred bear scaring Lake Tahoe residents

A 700-pound black bear is reportedly breaking into Lake Tahoe homes, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

A gigantic, bullet-scarred black bear with a hankering for human food and a knack for breaking and entering has been terrorizing homeowners on the north shore of Lake Tahoe and deftly outmaneuvering gun-toting rangers, bear dogs and traps.

I’ve read about bears breaking into homes, but this one, well, must be setting records:

Wildlife officials have tried everything, but the food junkie apparently knows a bear trap when he sees one, shakes off bullets like they were mosquito bites, and keeps coming back for more. ”He’s busted into probably 40 or 50 homes,” said Carl Lackey, a bear biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “I’ve never seen anything like that before.”