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Scottish couple's 'brush' with bear on holiday in California | Scottish couple's 'brush' with bear on holiday in California |
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A Scottish couple on holiday in California have had a close encounter with a bear. | A Scottish couple on holiday in California have had a close encounter with a bear. |
The meeting happened as Bob and Rene McKeown came out of a house in Pasadena where they were staying and headed to their car. | The meeting happened as Bob and Rene McKeown came out of a house in Pasadena where they were staying and headed to their car. |
Mr McKeown told a local TV station he felt "something brush his leg" before turning round and coming face-to-face with the brown bear. | Mr McKeown told a local TV station he felt "something brush his leg" before turning round and coming face-to-face with the brown bear. |
The moment was captured on a surveillance camera. | The moment was captured on a surveillance camera. |
As the couple leave the house the bear is seen hanging back before following them to the car. | As the couple leave the house the bear is seen hanging back before following them to the car. |
Mr McKeown said: "Once I closed the door, I turned round and I shouted 'It's a bear, it's a bear. No.'" | Mr McKeown said: "Once I closed the door, I turned round and I shouted 'It's a bear, it's a bear. No.'" |
'Key wouldn't turn' | |
The next video clip shows him fumbling with his keys, desperately trying to get back into the house to call the emergency services. | The next video clip shows him fumbling with his keys, desperately trying to get back into the house to call the emergency services. |
"I ran up the stairs, trying to get in the door and the key wouldn't turn," he said. | "I ran up the stairs, trying to get in the door and the key wouldn't turn," he said. |
The BBC's Los Angeles Correspondent, Alastair Leithead, said bears are a relatively common sighting around Pasadena, which backs on to the Angeles National Forest. | The BBC's Los Angeles Correspondent, Alastair Leithead, said bears are a relatively common sighting around Pasadena, which backs on to the Angeles National Forest. |
Sightings prompt hours of live news helicopter footage which often end with a tranquiliser dart. | Sightings prompt hours of live news helicopter footage which often end with a tranquiliser dart. |
He added: "This bear appears to have been a cub - neighbours said it had been going through bins and seemed to be friendly enough." | He added: "This bear appears to have been a cub - neighbours said it had been going through bins and seemed to be friendly enough." |
Mr McKeown suffered a scratch on the leg and, according to his wife, a slightly bruised ego. | Mr McKeown suffered a scratch on the leg and, according to his wife, a slightly bruised ego. |
"We are getting teased," she said. | "We are getting teased," she said. |
"Our friends keep saying 'How did you not see it?' We just weren't looking." | "Our friends keep saying 'How did you not see it?' We just weren't looking." |