A woman in Kentucky says she is “a little sad” after a hungry black bear smashed its way into her home and stole her leftover KFC while she was asleep.
Bear raid destroys dining table
Kendra North woke up early last week to find her dining area wrecked in Harlan County, Kentucky, after the massive animal wandered in through an open front door and helped itself to her fried chicken. North said she and her partner had left the door wide open overnight to get air moving because they did not have working air conditioning — but the smell of fast food likely proved too tempting for the wandering bear.
The bear, estimated to weigh between 500 and 700 pounds, did not just tiptoe in for a snack. North’s thick glass dining table was obliterated in the raid.
“My table is really thick glass, and it completely shattered it,” she said. North explained she heard a loud crash in her sleep but assumed it was an accident on the street.
Sister’s early morning call
The real wake-up call came from next door, the Independent reported. North’s sister, who lives nearby, saw the bear leaving around 5am and repeatedly rang her.
“My sister started calling me, like, five in the morning, and I declined her at least twice, and she just kept calling,” North told FOX 56 News. “I answered the call, and she was like, ‘Bro, there’s a bear, and it just walked out of your house, and it came down your steps.’”
“It came and looked at me, dead in the eyes, on my side of the yard.” North believes the animal was drawn in by the food left out in the open — and admitted: “I’m a little sad over my KFC.”
Second bear sighting and wildlife warnings
Just two days later, North reportedly said she spotted another bear lurking on her porch while she was inside cooking sloppy joes. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources officials are urging locals to lock down anything that might smell like an “easy meal” — and are focusing on public education and “BearWise” safety rules rather than trying to trap the bear.
Encounters are common in forested Harlan County, where the black bear population is considered stable but dense, and a regulated hunting season has been in place since 2009. Bear Program Coordinator John Hast warned outdoor food is a major trigger.
“If you store pet food or if you feed your dogs outside, just think about that,” Hast told FOX 56. “Make sure you’re not leaving any out on the porch, and that’ll keep the bear from just coming right in and getting an easy meal.”
