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Bear takes over backyard in Colorado

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    Hungry animal searches town for food

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To understand how it all ended a two year old -- -- and so drugged up the actually had to be pulled from this boulder -- You have to understand how it all started people in this town know all too well -- and -- hungry bear in someone's backyard desperate to eat.

Driven down from the mountains by -- food shortage caused by dry conditions up there.

This is the time of year they need 20000 calories a day the equivalent of 37 big Macs in order to fatten up for hibernation.

It's very exciting.

We're used to having a lot of deer.

In the neighborhoods -- bears -- Kind of unique.

Neighbors say they've actually never seen a bear around here so this is -- first forests but they've been pretty much everywhere else around boulder in recent weeks just last Thursday at their -- in the branches.

Closed down boulders and -- -- park.

I think he got in here.

And then couldn't get out and who -- forget the 300 pounder who ripped apart this SUV near boulder in early July elliptical all hit it lured by the senate vote -- he got in and couldn't get out his wild thrashing destroy the vehicle's interior before wildlife officials showed up.

And set him free those cravings are white bear experts expect to see a lot more what they witnessed in boulder this morning the hungrier they get the more brave the bears will become.

As for this one he'll have to resume his 20000 -- -- quest when he wakes up back up in the mountains and looks to be fine but.

In Lancaster gonna do -- little relocation for.