
'It was terrifying': Manitoba family waits an hour for help after bear repeatedly breaks into cottage
CTV
A Manitoba family is left with a hole in the side of their cottage and lingering fears after a bear broke in overnight.
A Manitoba family is left with a broken window on the side of its Lester Beach cottage and lingering fears after a bear broke in overnight.
Kat Devuono said it happened at around 4:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Devuono, along with her two children, her sister, her niece and nephew, and her parents were sleeping soundly when she heard the sound of glass shattering.
“We jumped up and we found in the back part of our cottage, that there was a black bear,” she told CTV News Winnipeg. “It seems that he smashed the glass, took out the screen and came in.”
Devuono said the bear made its way to a back area of the cottage and helped himself to some food inside a cooler.
She noted they did not have any food or garbage on the front lawn to attract the animal to the cottage that has been in Devuono’s family for generations.