<p>A <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/colorado" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colorado</a> family woke up one July and found a bear making itself at home and eating breakfast in their kitchen.</p><p>Security camera footage from inside the Colorado Springs home shows the bear entering the kitchen on July 21 and grabbing a snack.</p><p>"I was getting ready in the morning and heard a bang. I asked my kids — 8, 6 and 3 years old — if they were all okay, and they were all upstairs playing," Nerissa England told <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/family-wakes-bear-stealing-breakfast-051724802.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Storyful</a>.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.com/outkick-culture/gatlinburg-police-free-black-bear-locked-inside-hotel-bathroom-wild-viral-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>GATLINBURG POLICE FREE BLACK BEAR THAT LOCKED ITSELF INSIDE HOTEL BATHROOM IN WILD VIRAL VIDEO</strong></a></p><p>"I assumed it was a picture that had fallen off the wall, so my curious 8-year-old daughter, Zara Lee, went downstairs to investigate, and my husband followed to grab coffee," England added. "She rounded the corner into our kitchen, and a bear was eating our trash right outside the kitchen door."</p><p>The bear apparently <a href="https://foxnews.com/us/black-bear-caught-video-wanders-southern-california-water-district-office-pushing-open-front-door" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">walked into the home</a> through a back door that was left open so that a breeze could come in amid the hot temperatures.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.com/us/colorado-black-bear-dies-trapped-inside-unlocked-car-days-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>COLORADO BLACK BEAR DIES AFTER BECOMING TRAPPED INSIDE UNLOCKED CAR FOR DAYS: REPORT</strong></a></p><p>The animal then ate some Flintstones vitamins left on a table, dragged a trash can outside and began rummaging through it near the kitchen door, England said.</p><p>Zara Lee and her father reportedly managed to scare the bear away by opening the door and making noise.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.com/us/california-couple-fights-70-pound-black-bear-hatchet-water-bottle-outside-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>CALIFORNIA COUPLE FIGHTS OFF 70-POUND BLACK BEAR WITH HATCHET AND WATER BOTTLE OUTSIDE THEIR HOME</strong></a></p><p>"We will be keeping the door shut for a while until the local bears get the food they need and go into hibernation!" England told Storyful.</p><p>Bears have <a href="https://foxnews.com/travel/black-bears-invade-lake-tahoe-homes-break-ins-surge-locals-fortify-defenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wandered into people's homes</a> across the United States in record numbers after a dry winter wiped out plants, grasses, berries and nuts that form around 90% of their diet, Reuters reported.</p><p>Their sense of smell has lured them to places with <a href="https://foxnews.com/us/bear-crashes-couples-anniversary-getaway-rummages-tennessee-tea-shop-jumping-counter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">human food</a>. This has led to record bear deaths in some states, as hundreds have been euthanized, run over, shot and even electrocuted as they interact with humans.</p>
