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La Crescenta — A black bear weighing about 400 pounds strolls through the front yard of a home on the 2300 block of Mayfield Avenue in La Crescenta on Tuesday morning.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies look for an elusive black bear that played hide and seek with them and Fish and Game officers Tuesday morning in La Crescenta.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Residents of the 2400 block of Montrose Avenue watch the capture of a black bear found wandering their La Crescenta neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — A black bear weighing 400 pounds strolls through a front yard in La Crescenta.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Fish and Game officer Lt. Martin Wall prepares a tranquilizer dart for the errant black bear.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Fish and Game officer Lt. Martin Wall corners the bear in an apartment complex and shoots it with a tranquilizer dart.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — The bear starts to feel the effects of the tranquilizer, finally collapsing.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Curious neighbors witness the capture of a black bear that was wandering their neighborhood in La Crescenta on Tuesday morning.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Curious residents watch the capture of the bear from a rooftop.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — The bear is down for the count after being shot with three tranquilizer darts.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — It took more than a half-dozen Fish and Game authorities to carry the bear through the narrow complex gate on a blanket.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

La Crescenta — Authorities carry the 400-pound bear to a waiting cage secured on a trailer attached to a pickup truck. From there, they took the bear home to the Angeles National Forest.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

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1 Comment

  1. April 10, 2012, 2:08 pm

    I used to keep a journal on this subject. I cant find it. Awesome Post!!

    By: jummmmm

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