How do you get over the fear of having a bear break into your house?

Honestly, I have a bear that lives right next to my shop, and never once have I been worried about him. He minds his business, I mind mine, and we get along just fine. The only annoying thing about him is when he leaves me a giant berry-filled shit in my driveway.

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Nercow@reddit

I saw countless bears in my parents yard growing up and that thought just never crossed my mind. Just lock your doors and you'll be fine

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FormidableMistress@reddit

I live in Florida so I'm more worried a snake is going to come up through the toilet and bite my vagina when I get up to go pee in the middle of the night.

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Lostsock1995@reddit

Bears primarily get into houses through unlocked doors or like screened in windows, a lot of bear sightings aren’t inside houses and are instead at outdoor garbage cans like behind restaurants. They aren’t going to bust down your locked door like a serial killer. And even if a bear did manage to walk into your house, it’s there to eat your trash and anything left out, it’s not going to go for you and eat you. You’re scary and could fight back and they just aren’t generally going for that. Most bear attacks happen because someone was near bear cubs (and unless you’re going out to kidnap them and take them home it’s pretty dang unlikely you’ll see them in your home)

Can a bear eat you? Yes. It is really that likely? No. They want easy food, not a human being. Just practice normal safety (like having bear proof trash cans and not leaving windows open) and you’ll be fine. Truly

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RoryDragonsbane@reddit

Granted, this is over several years and out of millions of people who live near bears, but predatory attacks inside homes do happen.

Don't think "this will never happen to me" and be surprised when it does. Like you said, the best course of action is prevention. Keep trash secured, don't feed them, and report any nuisances.

https://wusf.org/local-state/2025-05-10/lab-tests-connect-bear-killed-by-fwc-officers-to-fatal-attack-on-collier-man-and-his-dog

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/06/california-bear-attack-kills-woman

https://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/10/22/wildlife-officials-suspend-search-for-black-bear/

https://cottagelife.com/general/autopsy-shows-grizzly-that-killed-claudia-huber-likely-hungry-but-not-ill

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/catskills/article/bear-attack-cairo-21028381.php

https://people.com/bear-shot-and-killed-in-bathroom-by-florida-homeowner-11814145

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ProcedureAlarming506@reddit

Wow! Interesting and scary!

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Adventurous-Bake-168@reddit

"They aren’t going to bust down your locked door like a serial killer". Wanna bet? If they really want to come in no wooden door is going to stop them. Source: I live in the lake Tahoe area, and they are documented to have done this. Rare? Maybe. But it happens. That's why I keep a 12-gauge handy (which is what the local Forrest service bear officer recommended.). May not stop Yogi but I'll go down fighting.

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4Q69freak@reddit

Just ask Chet Ripley.

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Sinrus@reddit

Do you wear a costume when you LARP?

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Adventurous-Bake-168@reddit

Yes. A Bearskin. Like Bear Claw Chris Lapp.

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Inside-Run785@reddit

I’ll add, keep your place clean, inside and out. The biggest reason a bear would come anywhere near your house is if it’s hungry and smells food.

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shelwood46@reddit

We have a shared propane grill out front of our apartment building. My neighbor learned the hard way to stop grilling at dusk.

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Dependent_Home4224@reddit

A black came into our kitchen in Arkansas. My grandpa shooed it away.

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BoseSounddock@reddit

Black bears are just thicc raccoons with fewer diseases

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wafflehousedumpster@reddit

"G'WON, GIT!" 😂

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Dependent_Home4224@reddit

He literally said get outta here with a flyswatter in his hand.

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

You wanna tell it to "get on outta here," but you have to growl it like it's just a bunch of vowels strung together, no consonants: 'I' O' OU'A HEAH!

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Setsailshipwreck@reddit

Can I pet that dawg?????

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DragonsFly4Me@reddit

"shooed it away" I LOVE it!! 🤣🤣

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BoseSounddock@reddit

I lock my doors

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Angsty_Potatos@reddit

Frankly I'm more worried about a squad of raccoons getting into my house. It's much more likely

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Mean-Math7184@reddit

Statistally, gay men commit very few violent crimes, so being burgled by a bear is very unlikely.

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Wizzmer@reddit

They could break in and redecorate.

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brian11e3@reddit

Us large hairy fat men are just looking for food.

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paintnwood@reddit

And belly rubs.

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Curmudgy@reddit

And cuddles.

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MrTeeWrecks@reddit

And a tree to lean on so I can scratch my back

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lilsmudge@reddit

And some sex.

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txlady100@reddit

I assume you’d knock and wait up be invited in.

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GrassyKnoll95@reddit

That's vampires

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txlady100@reddit

Them too.

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Ok-Grand-8594@reddit

Listen. I cannot be held responsible for my actions when I am hungry.

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Carlito2393@reddit

Hanger is real.

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quixoft@reddit

This gave me a good laugh. Well played.

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Idustriousraccoon@reddit

Right? This person won the internet.

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YoshiandAims@reddit

Feed them and get them laughing, you'll be fast friends in no time.

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Syndromia@reddit

Now Im remembering that time Linda Carter completely misunderstood Fat Bear Week. Bless her.

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annang@reddit

Twinks are surprisingly nimble pickpockets!

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LukasJackson67@reddit

It’s unbearable

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Designer-Carpenter88@reddit

I live in the city, like most Americans. So I feel pretty safe from fucking bears

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iwasinthepool@reddit

Make sure you have round door knobs and keep the doors locked. I wouldn't worry about it too much. The thing you should be more focused on is making sure you have nothing in your car they might be attracted to. That doesn't stop at food either. Candy, flavored lip gloss, sodas, strong scented things, etc.

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Worldly-Kitchen-9749@reddit

Last Spring a black bear slid open my barely cracked dining room slider and came on in. I heard it thinking that's too noisey for my cat. I walked in the room and told it to leave which surprisingly it did. I keep a can of bear spray handy but didn't need to use it.

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eyetracker@reddit

I would not want to use bear spray in my house. That room will need some serious work after that.

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Worldly-Kitchen-9749@reddit

Only if there was no other choice.

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eyetracker@reddit

For sure, think of the consequences later, they're just major. They've been known to total vehicles and if you fly out to the wilderness in Alaska they strap it outside the plane

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Karen125@reddit

WTF?

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Lonely_Carob5841@reddit

You'll be okay as long as you dont anger or startle them.

I live in a large wooded area where I see many forest animals, sometimes (but rarely) bears.

In my almost 5 years of living where I do now, they've never bothered me.

Sometimes you can see bear cubs walking around. Don't mess with them.

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ballrus_walsack@reddit

Cocaine bear isn’t a documentary.

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MadMadamMimsy@reddit

Bears don't eat people. They are far more interested in your trash.

I understand, however, that fears are not rational.

I suggest talking to neighbors and listening their experiences. Yours are likely to be similar. Chances are you will see bears in your yard. Stay inside. Keep your trash can in the garage.

Study your kind of bear and learn what motivates them. Knowledge and education are the way out of a lot of things

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peter303_@reddit

Timothy Treadwell entered the chat.

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blackhawk905@reddit

He was so unbelievably, otherworldly stupid it's hard to even describe how monumentally stupid he was without using language that would get me a temp ban, he's up there with Chris McCandless for people who get so much more notoriety than their idiotic lives deserve. The guy is lucky he didn't get his girlfriend killed at the same the stupid mother fucker.

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speedball281@reddit

By having the kitchen closer to the door. Bears act like raccoons. They'll eat the easiest thing to grab, and usually it's trash.

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caseygwenstacy@reddit

I’ve never seen a bear in person. I guess it’s a rural thing.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Shouldn’t have moved to NJ.

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ThrowawayMod1989@reddit

So I did spend seven years in a Colorado river town. One summer the black bears got so bad in town that the city put out an ordinance for unsecured trash bins.

One night I had gotten home around midnight from work. Parked across the street from the house and as I approached the driveway a momma bear stood up on two legs from behind the trash can. I didn’t see her until I was ten feet away and she was standing up. Talk about a backpedal, I backed to the truck where I had a flashlight and pistol. Trained my light and gun on her as she advanced across the street after me. Luckily the strobe function on my flashlight deterred her and I didn’t have to shoot.

I watched her turn around and go to my neighbor’s crab apple tree and sort of “bark” at it. Three cubs came down out of it. To this day one of the most unbelievable things I’ve personally witnessed.

But that’s the only time I’ve ever had one in the close vicinity of my actual home. All my other encounters with bears were on their turf in the woods.

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Lugbor@reddit

You'll be fine. I've lived in bear country my entire life. I have a bear that wanders through the yard frequently. Not once has it tried to break into the house. The most it's done was shelter in the garage during a freak blizzard one spring, and that's because the door was old and falling apart.

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mekoRascal@reddit

My neighbor's pack of loose dogs does a good job of keeping the wildlife away

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Similar_Jackfruit555@reddit

Born and raised in Montana, i have had a few grizzly encounters, I don't worry about them breaking into a cabin

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IJustWantADragon21@reddit

Don’t move to a bear infested area if you are afraid of bears?

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Tommy_Wisseau_burner@reddit

The day bears get opposable thumbs is the day you’re fucked

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Harry_Balsanga@reddit

We have 4 neighborhood black bears. They roam every night and love trash day. They have not broke into homes or hurt anyone over the course of several years.

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Electrical_Chart_477@reddit

I arm myself with a garden hose with a nice jet stream nozzle. Seriously a bear was eating my trash a few weeks ago and I blasted his ass in the face and he finally ran off.

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Particular_Bet_5466@reddit

Well first of all, do you live where there are grizzlies or just black bears? I saw a black bear the other day and I think it was the scariest day of HIS life how fast he ran from me.

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ak-fuckery@reddit

Gun

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Psychological-Use227@reddit

Invite him in for drinks.

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osteologation@reddit

I make sure to leave large jars of honey out.

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rubiconsuper@reddit

They usually don’t, get a 10mm if you’re that afraid. You won’t just wake up with it eating you, it’s going to be loud.

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DGlen@reddit

I've known of one and we live where there are plenty of bears. I don't have time to worry about something that happens once in 40 years.

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cryptoengineer@reddit

I'm in rural MA. I've twice had bears go after bird feeders in my yard; I didn't put them up again after the second time.

One of my neighbors claims to have shot a bear that was going after his chickens. I have some doubts about the claim.

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taintmaster900@reddit

God I hope a bear breaks into my house, that's why my hole is always ready

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distracted_x@reddit

I don't exactly live in bear country but I don't think it really happens enough to be afraid of. I mean yeah I'm sure people see bears maybe in their back yard or getting into trash cans but actually breaking into a house is probably rare. And even then I bet it's more like trashing the kitchen looking for food not like hunting you down in your bedroom to kill you while you sleep type situation.

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MVHood@reddit

I’m in Tahoe often. They have electric fencing for homes.

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Sassifrassically@reddit

Literally never considered it

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jeremyw0918@reddit

Hard to get over a few you shouldn’t have. I’ve never heard of a bear eating someone in their own house. Has it happened? I’m sure. However I feel like you’d have a better chance of getting hit by lightning.

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Typical-Machine154@reddit

Bears don't really attack people. They very rarely ever break into houses.

Coyotes might attack you if they're in a pack and you're outside. Or they attack livestock. That's why country folk like myself shoot them at every opportunity.

The answer is almost always 1. It's not that bad. 2. Gun

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weredragon357@reddit

12gage with slugs

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dopefiendeddie@reddit

I don’t think that’s super common, even in bear country

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Frankjc3rd@reddit

I find that living in a major city in an apartment building with very good security doors reduces the chance of a bear breaking in. 🐻🚫🚪🏢

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Rich-Contribution-84@reddit

Maybe this statistic will help.

What you’ve just described has happened just about zero times in the history of the USA. Maybe a handful of times. Official specific statistics on fatal bear attacks in the home do not exist - but on average there are .72 fatal bear attacks in the USA every year with nearly all of them occurring outside of homes - most often in the wild.

Happening 55,550x more often, for example, are motor vehicle fatalities.

There are 64,652x more gun deaths per year in the USA.

There are about 458x more fatalities in plane crashes in the USA every year than near track fatalities.

There are about 6,200x the number of drowning fatalities each year in the USA than bear fatalities.

There are about 22x the number of football related deaths every year in the USA than bear attack deaths.

I’ve just done some research and found evidence of 4 in home bear attack fatalities in the last 7 years in the USA. Thats an unofficial number from brief research.

In terms of a fatal bear attack while a person was in their bed? I’ve found 2 such cases in the history of the USA.

Hopefully these numbers will put you at ease and not make you stop playing football or riding on cars.

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Raff102@reddit

4 is honestly way higher than I thought it would be.

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hobokobo1028@reddit

Bears are big raccoons. They don’t want to get into your house, they want to get into your trash bins.

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BigScoops96@reddit

You gotta break into the bear’s house. Eat their porridge. Sleep in their beds. They’ll be so broken mentally, they won’t be able to even consider going near your property.

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hobokobo1028@reddit

Only works if you’re a little blonde girl though

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Foxfyre25@reddit

Assert dominance early and often when in bear country.

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LikelyNotSober@reddit

Maybe you could try some exposure therapy?

Start out with some gummy bears, then work your way up to a teddy bear. Once you’re comfortable with that, maybe organize a trip to the zoo?

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YellojD@reddit

It’s not that bad. If it’s black bears, they’re basically big ass mice. They scatter when they see you. I had a momma and her three cubs bust into my house at 3 am a few summers ago. I wasn’t scared, but SUPER annoyed. They caused a lot of damage, but it was trying to get away from me, not eat me.

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Maleficent-Hawk-318@reddit

Spent most of my life in bear country and never really worried about it, so I'm sorry, I can't really help.

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that-Sarah-girl@reddit

And I spent extremely little of my life in bear country, but when I have I usually sleep in a tent so a house feels like an absolute fortress by comparison. It literally never ever occurred to me to worry about bears coming in a house. It's a house!

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hornbuckle56@reddit

At this point I’d welcome it.

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stiletto929@reddit

It’s really just better to get it over with so you don’t have to fear it anymore. Just leave every door and window open and spread honey everywhere.

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Interesting-Vast-495@reddit (OP)

Ahh yes thank you I’ll definitely take that into consideration 🤭

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Mindless-Client3366@reddit

Alternatively, put out a bowl of porridge and a bed that's just right and you'll be fine.

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TheDreadPirateJeff@reddit

You just need to leave a decoy picnic basket somewhere away from the door. Also, pee on the door to mark the territory.

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MrTeeWrecks@reddit

They don’t range everywhere commonly. I’m more likely to run afoul with a Badger.

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catscatscatsohmy@reddit

I have never seen a wild bear.

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pfmason@reddit

Happened to my neighbor. I have two dogs and sleep well.

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Phonic-Frog@reddit

Step 1. Don't be a blithering idiot.

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seth928@reddit

...well I failed

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Shevyshev@reddit

Happens to the best of us.

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SKULLDIVERGURL@reddit

🤣

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yiotaturtle@reddit

You learn about bears and follow the recommendations on how to deal with stuff bears might want to eat so no bears come to associate your house with food.

No outdoor pets, no outdoor pet food. No trash bags lying around. No unprotected gardens. No throwing out grease.

Basically same stuff you'd do for ants and rodents and deer with the added addition of small pets being potential food.

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YoshiandAims@reddit

Honestly?

You just kind of have to live with it... without it happening.

You remind yourself that is rarer than you imagine it is. A bear breaking into an occupied home is incredibly rare. (*unless you condition them by feeding them, etc. Make sure they do not associate you or your house with food.)

You behave responsibly with food scrap, trash, bird feeders, deer feed, etc.

Another tip is to learn more about the behavior of bears. The odds they break in and then go for you are lower than them breaking in.

You come across them? They startle, they panic, they flee, they get interested in food. I've been unexpectedly next to them dozens of times... without incident beyond mutual surprise and the bear taking off.

Mostly they flee, ignore you, are curious. Attacks are the rarest. 1 in 2million I think it is. Still, stay away from them. Be cautious. But it's not the biggest threat in bear country.

(NOT including mama's with cubs. Always the riskiest encounter. You see cubs keep far away. )

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Self-Comprehensive@reddit

I do it by not living in bear country.

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4Q69freak@reddit

I live in Southeastern Illinois, so not really worried about it, IL hasn’t had a resident population of bears since the 1870s. We’re too far north for the occasional bear sighting in Southern IL and way too far south for those in Northern IL.
We lived in the U.P. of MI for 5 years and never saw a live bear, although one was spotted about 3 blocks from our house. I did see one that had just been shot by a sheriff’s deputy after it was hit by a semi, and a dead cub along side the highway that had been run over. Black bear maulings are a rare occurrence. Fatal maulings average about 1 a year in North America (but there’s been 2 in 2025 both in Arkansas), and brown bear fatal maulings are about the same. Most Bear attacks usually occur when someone gets between a sow and her cubs.

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Master-Leopard-2642@reddit

Tie your refrigerator up in a tree

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purplechunkymonkey@reddit

My in-laws had a bear just out of hibernation on their front porch attacking the bird feeder for food. They now bring 8n the bird feeder and the hummingbird food at night. They live on 27 acres in upstate New York.

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shelwood46@reddit

I'm pretty confident that they are bad with round doorknobs, and I say that as someone in a complex with a bear-proof dumpster, who has had them on my porch (usually at dusk, because we have a grill), and who had one hibernate under a neighbor's house a couple winters ago. Besides, if they do get inside, they are far more likely to raid your kitchen than eat you. They are very food-motivated.

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tea-wallah@reddit

I have an aunt who has nightmares about bears. She lives up north, nearly in Canada. Her last nightmare was about a 10’ tall brown bear out on her deck, walking from window to window, trying to open the doors and patio door. It was dressed in a tartan vest with a velvet bow tie like a Christmas teddy. But he was huge and mean and snarly and wanted to kill her.

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BAMspek@reddit

I live in bear country and literally have never had this fear. I just lock my doors. Never met a bear that could pick a lock. They did get in the trash recently, but then bear season came. Hibernation season is coming soon. Not really worried.

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cans-of-swine@reddit

Just put up a no bears allowed sign.

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DeeDeeW1313@reddit

I am zero percent concerned about this.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit

.338 Winchester Magnum.

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Communal-Lipstick@reddit

Bears cant open doors so keep your doors closed.

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Academic_Profile5930@reddit

I'm happy to live in Nebraska which has no bears.

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ArcadeToken95@reddit

We have black bears in the woods where I live

They don't really show up in the neighborhoods that much

That said yeah back of my mind does worry a little

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Cache-Cow@reddit

I never started having that fear so never had to get over it

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cdb03b@reddit

You secure you trash properly and secure your home properly and keep your guns accessible.

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TehLoneWanderer101@reddit

LA County does have bears but I don't live in those areas.

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AwesomeHorses@reddit

When I hear about bears being spotted in my area, they are always seen just wandering around. The black bears here on the east coast generally don’t go out of their way to attack people. Like any other wild animal, just keep your distance, and you’ll probably be fine.

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OkPerformance2221@reddit

Figure out how to have a real problem that places you in plausible danger. Focus on that instead.

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bremergorst@reddit

Invite a bear into your house and see how it goes?

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TillPsychological351@reddit

I have two dogs, every bear I've seen around my property skidaddles away once they hear the dogs barking.

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jessek@reddit

By knowing that where I live in the United States bears are pretty rare and they avoid people.

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PghSubie@reddit

I can't say that such a thought has ever crossed my mind. Don't leave meat or peanut butter next to your open door

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OttoVonPlittersdorf@reddit

Own gun. Then you eat the bear,

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_TheLoneRangers@reddit

eating me in my sleep

probably not much better but you’d probably be awake for it, bear breaking into your house sounds loud enough to wake up

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GOTaSMALL1@reddit

We got a dog that does bear patrol. 7 years… not one bear attack. He’s doing a great job… and he’s a good boy.

Someday he’s going to kill the trash truck though.

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Libertas_@reddit

Real answer, be prepared and let the preparations ease your anxiety. That goes for a lot of other animals and natural disaster preparedness as well.

Meme answer: A bear is gonna eat ya, your pets, and porridge.

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Vandal_A@reddit

I have never had that fear.

I was once concerned when a bear showed up in the inner city on my GFs morning jogging route (woke up to seeing it being searched for on the news), but that was a strange example of one getting into the city and tbh black bears aren't normally dangerous.

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DOMSdeluise@reddit

I don't live somewhere that this could be a problem

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MakeStupidHurtAgain@reddit

How do you get over the fear of being punched in the face? By getting punched in the face and realizing it’s not that bad.

Just let the bear break into your house.

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CameraVarious5365@reddit

I understand statistical probability.

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o93mink@reddit

Therapy, honestly

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brak-0666@reddit

That's not really a thing bears do.

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dystopiadattopia@reddit

It's a daily struggle

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GhostOfJamesStrang@reddit

By being a rational human being capable of intelligent thought.

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badlyferret@reddit

Break into a bear's home. Eat their porridge. Make them scared of you. (Reverse psychology)

(s./)

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xRVAx@reddit

Just remember the bear is more scared of you than you are of him...

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CaptainMalForever@reddit

I've found two cases of this happening in the last two years and maybe like the same amount before that. So basically, your odds are 1 in 340 million that this will happen. Which is worse than winning the lottery jackpot (which is often used as an example of something that is practically impossible).

Keep your home up to date and in good repair. Lock your doors, especially at night.

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kamakazi339@reddit

The odds of a bear in my area are exceedingly low but not zero. My dog would alert me anyway and he'd probably be stupid enough to try and fight it. Great Pyrenees v Bear I like my Pyr

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DJPaige01@reddit

Second Amendment.

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Fearless-Boba@reddit

Have your doors/windows closed and locked and don't leave any smelly trash out and about.

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sneezhousing@reddit

Don't be stupid

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Interesting-Vast-495@reddit (OP)

Gee thanks, Ohio. That was tremendously helpful.

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Rarewear_fan@reddit

Draw an anti bear circle out of dirt in your room and the bear won’t be able to enter it

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Traditional-Joke-179@reddit

get a cat to protect you

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Capital_Historian685@reddit

They seem to mostly like to swim in people's backyard pools, so if you don't have one of those, you should be okay.

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gratusin@reddit

Airsoft gun and an airhorn usually gets them moving on their way. If you don’t have a locking garbage canister, a ratchet strap has worked just fine for me. After your first few encounters, you start getting used to them.

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IrateMormon@reddit

I used to be deathly afraid of rhinocerouses. Because if one charges you, what can you do? I conquered this fear by staring down a charging rhino. Turns out IT was the scared one...

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jptsr1@reddit

Remind myself that it almost never happens.

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RodeoBoss66@reddit

We manage somehow.

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Porkenstein@reddit

Keep your windows and doors locked and they won't enter. If they do enter, they won't hurt you, they'll raid your fridge as they're basically giant raccoons unless you have no food in your fridge and they're starving to death. Unless you mean you live in Polar Bear country in which case that's a valid concern.

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OkConsequence5992@reddit

Read the statistics, it is unlikely it will happen to you. I’m not particularly scared of the idea of it happening anyway, they’re just giant raccoons

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HeyPurityItsMeAgain@reddit

LMAO. Polar bears are the only ones that eat people. Black, brown, and grizzly are mainly nuisances. Don't leave garbage unsecured. Make noise. There is also bear spray. Bears are scaredy cats...literally, I've seen cats chase them away. 🤣

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AdDue7140@reddit

Gun.

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Previous-Artist-9252@reddit

Why do you believe a bear would break into your house?

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Ducal_Spellmonger@reddit

I just recently captured a bear on a trail cam behind my parents' house. They have zero practical concerns that the bear will get into the house, or attack them, their dogs, or livestock. It may get into the trash if it's feeling frisky, but that just means picking it up later.

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