Bear Known as ‘Hank The Tank’ Terrorizes Lake Tahoe Neighborhood

A wild 500-pound black bear broke into a home in South Lake Tahoe and this isn’t the first time, police said. Velena Jones reports. (2-19-22)

[@jonahpugsley5137]

How could you get mad at a bear named Hank the Tank. With a name like that he’s probably a pretty cool dude.

[@AJ-dx6bn]

He just got too many

[@pluribus_unum]

He's also not guilty as described. "Hank the Tank' the 500-Lbs. Bear Was Blamed for Numerous Home Break-Ins -- DNA Evidence Says Otherwise"

[@datt5698]

He could probably drink alot of beer with a name like that...

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

HOW? let him break into YOUR house; kill and eat your pets or your kids...

[@hankhill2450]

I'd like to think so

[@annieleonheart7593]

To be frank, a world without hank the tank, is blank.

[@aa-ng4ot]

😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@its2amm]

Hank might be the new Harambe

[@aa-ng4ot]

@@its2amm poor Harambe 🦍🦍I miss him.

[@peterpiper3790]

Annie is evil

[@timomalley1470]

TO BE FRANK A WORLD WITH ACHEWED UP KID WOULD BE STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID U DIG?

[@ethanol1586]

Humans: lives in hanks forest Also humans: why does hank keep attacking us??

[@saintgeorgefloyd9488]

cuse hank prefers to eat poptarts and kids cereal

[@scottymackay1801]

Oh that's right, humans should not live anywhere in the world other than concrete cities because of animals LOL.

[@damntravis6056]

@@scottymackay1801 you can't speak sense to these weirdos. These animals are people too fools are the ones who get eaten when they project human thoughts and emotions onto these wild animals.

[@nocount1]

You're confused. Stop huffing the enthanol.

[@idomatternonya7447]

I know right

[@HerAeolianHarp]

You moved into bear territory, and then idiots started feeding bears. Don't take this out on "Hank".

[@saintgeorgefloyd9488]

I think that's fair, if you move to NYC you should be gunned down by native joggers

[@thegutlessleadingthecluele7810]

@@saintgeorgefloyd9488 😆👍

[@richmondlandersenfells2238]

Exactly! Why feed the bear if you can't get acquainted from its wild nature!

[@aa-ng4ot]

Hank's life matters!!!

[@piggypoo]

@@saintgeorgefloyd9488 sneed

[@scootinflh]

Ok, let me get this straight. you live in the mountains and don't want bears near you, then don't live in the mountains where there are bears. The bears have a right to live too.

[@devintaylor8702]

EXACTLY 💯

[@einienj3281]

Exactly! It's Hanks mountain! And stay out of the woods, if Hank is so scary..

[@rexmundi5180]

This bear is not just around them it is breaking into homes and has lost its fear of humans. Grew up in Tahoe and bears are everywhere it’s not a problem until trash is left out and they become habituated to human food. It’s very easy solution, don’t leave trash where bears can get to it.

[@thebigidea9659]

Its easy to criticize when you don't have a bear breaking into your home.

[@einienj3281]

@@thebigidea9659 Is it the bears fault, that people leave their trash, aka food out for it? Of course it will come for easy meal..

[@Czarina888777]

Bridget, then don’t live in bear territory! Where are these bears supposed to go? You sound ridiculous.

[@fiestadancers]

We live with bears too. We just leave them be. When there’s a lot of activity, everyone just secures their trash, take up the bird feeders, don’t leave things like pumpkin out on Halloween. No one has an issue with it because we don’t want them killed. Occasionally, someone suggests we capture them and relocate them to the wild. The statement always gets me. There is no “wild” anymore. Well, hardly.

[@yaimamartinez9576]

Exactly! I live in Florida, gators were here first, so we learned how to live around them.

[@manakzar7148]

We only have brown bears, they can be just ignored.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

It reminds me of the politician's wife who said they need to remove the "deer crossing" sings, because that's a terrible place for deer to cross.

[@Darius_Icewood]

Someone needs to tell her that.

[@T_1357_F]

As long as Hank doesn't steal more than $900 worth of stuff per home, Hank should be free to rob and steal as much as he want. Just because Hank is a Black Bear, it doesn't give these privilege rich people the right to deny Hank the means to survive.

[@ranwithit1907]

WELL SAID

[@sergiorobles7169]

Blm bear lives matter

[@georgeso4364]

LOL! This is one Politically Correct statement that the Woke Mob would totally believe even though it’s meant as a joke.

[@cali2468]

WVM (White Vaginas Matter)!!! 🤜🏿🤛🏿

[@vagabondroller]

Haha, nice one dude.

[@SapphoKore]

I really hope they don't kill Him he deserves his life. He isn't trying to be evil or bad. Hes just being an animal

[@CGJUGO80]

Why are you more worried about that than a giant predator killing and eating a child on a playground? Such weird people.

[@deergreentea2847]

@@CGJUGO80 the mountains are his home. these people knew what they were getting into. the bear’s life matters too.

[@Jay-lr3me]

@@CGJUGO80 shut up. Don't move to the mountains if ur worried about bears.

[@blanketstarry7725]

@@deergreentea2847 And now people live in this neighborhood so it isn't the bears home anymore. Human lives are far more important than a bears life.

[@deniskim5471]

@@blanketstarry7725 Well humans are the cause of like 90% of the world's problems

[@milesmanges]

The fact that wildlife management wants to kill this bear instead of doing their job, makes me sick, this bear doesn't deserve death because of human stupidity.

[@mattporter6903]

Speaking of human stupidity, I'm assuming you'd feel differently once it mauls someone too death? But not until it gets to that point I'm guessing.

[@milesmanges]

@@mattporter6903 nope, if someone gets hurt because they got too close, it's their own fault, California had a terrible fire season, these animals have suffered enough, dont feed the animals, pick up and bear proof your trash

[@kloppskalli]

@@milesmanges and fortify your house.

[@thomasthrop6770]

And how many tax dollars would you like to spend on a "manhunt" for this bear? And relocating it. And to where? By the way? Alaska? And how many times would you like to do that? You really think he'll be the last? You're insane. Damn liberals. How about the tourists and their barbeques? Oh wait, not every vacation rental has a bear box. Would you like the tourists to pay for those? How about we cut back on tourists then? Oh wait, that's what supports that beautiful lake. So please, educate us, oh wise one. What ever shall we do?

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@thomasthrop6770 quit with the liberal b.s.

[@enigmatmz]

I sincerely do not care about the residents who moved into bear territory and then get mad that there are bears. The irresponsibility of humans has habituated this bear to both humans and easy food. This bear deserves to stop having his natural food in his martial habitat, destroyed for residents and tourism. Relocate this guy to the rescue that has been secured for him.

[@nifflofair6685]

There has been a rescue secured for him? Then these selfish entitled residents who moved into his territory, should be Made to pay all costs to have him put there!.

[@devintaylor8702]

SAVE THE BEARS 🐻❤

[@brucesteger2699]

Back in 2008 the largest bear ever caught in the Lake Tahoe basin was caught and euthanized! He weighed 725 lbs. He broke into I believe a dozen homes 7 with the residents inside and besides the massive damage done, 6 people were injured one very seriously. In 2012 the house across the street was broken into by the bear smashing the front door in. luckily no one was home but a lot of damage was done. The bear was caught and sent North. The home owner put a steel door with a steel door frame in and thought they were safe. Four months later the bear was back smashing in the steel door/door frame doing structural damage to the home. My neighbors were there and had to escape jumping off the balcony with there 10 year old girl ending up in the hospital with a broken leg. He was caught and euthanized weighing 675 lbs. Bears that are not afraid of us are dangerous.

[@austinc691]

You live in an area that was once inhabited by predators.

[@enigmatmz]

@@austinc691 I do? You sure they aren't still here? I mean, please, amaze me with your omnipotence, all seeing genuis man. Lol.

[@bkinouye]

That bear looks like it's been going to the buffet every day.

[@brucesmith9144]

Several times each day.

[@aa-ng4ot]

😂😂

[@shad0wCh8ser]

Give him a break, he's on a bulk.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

No, he just breaks in and raids kitchens

[@aa-ng4ot]

@@brucesmith9144 he was hangry!!

[@shelbybrooks7579]

Don't Kill Hank. Tranquilize him and put him a sanctuary so he can live in piece

[@leechurchill1965]

They can just move him further out.

[@aa-ng4ot]

Right! Hank life matters!!

[@Vendemiair]

"Peace", not "piece" 😄

[@Bella.216]

Because people have given him access to food, he doesn't know how to hunt or seek his natural food. If they relocated him he will die a very painful death due to starvation. He can't go to a bear sanctuary because he's wild, he has lost all fear of human's. They stopped leaving trash outside so now this bear is becoming desperate to find food from humans. If he isn't given access anymore he will attack a human. He will have to be put down for this. This isn't the rangers fault or the bear managements fault. They warned every single person in that area to keep a clean neighborhood, they also told the ignorant people if Hank or another bear came into the yards to scare them away and contact authorities right away. But instead of scaring Hank away they gawk at him and take videos and pictures. It's disgusting, the neighbors have Hank's blood on their hands. A fed bear is a dead bear

[@shelbybrooks7579]

@@Bella.216 Lies. Hank Life Matters.

[@yanks2661]

Hank to the other bears, "Yea I actually have a nice little Saturday planned"

[@starrg7478]

🤣

[@markhilsen2700]

Classic👍

[@candy4428]

He's a burglar ...!! Lmfaooo 😂

[@justagirlsd3000]

Hank the Tank isn’t a gang member, he’s the entire gang. Dude!

[@porkbeans854]

Hank looks like he *ate* an entire gang, lol. He's a good guy though. Think of all the residents he could have mauled all these years but chose not to! He's got an excellent track record of not harming people, which is amazing considering he practically lives right on top of everyone. He's a big fella, that one!

[@Kodiak_Brown_Bear]

*Nah he's the entire mob*

[@jon8331]

Tookie Williams (Pun intended)

[@MikeBarbarossa]

Hank is straight up OG

[@grandmaj5046]

Then she shouldn't have moved into the Tahoe area which anyone that has lived in CA for any length of time knows is a prime location of black bears. They were there first and now humans have destroyed their habitat and want them gone.

[@rexmundi5180]

The habitat is not ruined, there are thousands of acres of desolate forest for these bears to live as they have for ages. The problem occurs when people are careless with their trash and bears find an easy source of food. We have just as much a right to exist on this earth as the bear but to live in harmony we must not be careless with our trasg.

[@heyitsthemononpolyguy8086]

Sad, but Hank will be dead before Feb is over

[@aethrya]

"Bridget" is so arrogant. She is the one who went and put her house where the bears already lived. This arrogance and entitlement is repulsive. You can tell a lot about that woman by how she acts. Disrespecting nature can have adverse consequences.

[@meat101able1]

Your house was also a wild area once. Stop being ignorant

[@heyitsthemononpolyguy8086]

Bridget, Karen seems like same person

[@MrTmenzo]

Agreed

[@angel1202003]

you can barely tell anything about anyone by where they choose to live and them voicing their concerns about not wanting to be eaten alive, except that they have the natural human instinct of not wanting to die... you’re weird asf

[@trimule]

How about where ever you live in the US theere used to be Native Americans living who tended to shoot arrows into and scalp people who moved into their neighborhoods without permission. Any problem with them re-entering where they "already lived" and dealing with people like you who "put their house there"?

[@1ApeinSpace]

You dam people moved into his neighborhood, you need to move.

[@armadilllo]

If that's true should with kick everyone out of Africa?

[@taegotkash]

@@armadilllo Yes, Mother Africa was cut & carved up like a piece of cake by white European colonizers and their descendants.

[@edwardmoreno6223]

To be fair no one told them to live in tahoe

[@hectorgurrola8106]

Well when you live in a natural habitat that’s for them that’s what’s gonna happen so stop complaining to all these people

[@devintaylor8702]

SAVE THE BEARS 🐻❤

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@devintaylor8702 You don't have to "save" anything - just leave them alone.

[@MarioMartinez-tt9ly]

Imagine moving to the ocean and being upset fish constantly bothering you

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@MarioMartinez-tt9ly Nothing will bother you more than other people - not even mosquitoes.

[@chaseviking5096]

It's a town not the wild. That is not a natural habitat idiot. That bear doesn't belong there and it has no right getting a free pass on terrorizing the town, destroying property and posing a threat to the people living there.

[@bitemyshinnymetalass1569]

Not sure why their complaining. They moved in to Hanks territory. You can't stand the "Tank" then move back to the city.

[@cj9667]

Cidiots wanting to be country bumpkins.

[@hollywoodhh5646]

500 pound bear hank the tank still weighs less than some of the obese Americans and we don't go around shooting them so leave hank alone, I'm sure he is a good man I mean bear.

[@paulmadruga9786]

People forget they moved into his home. And in first place is people were more carful with their garbage, wouldn't attract the bears so much!

[@aa-ng4ot]

Hank, the tank's life matters!!

[@eavyeavy2864]

Avarage redditors and incels

[@chaseviking5096]

@@paulmadruga9786 also you can get over the garbage bs. You can secure your garbage and a bear can still get into it idiot. I've seen bears get into locked dumpsters that were built to keep bears out.

[@chaseviking5096]

@@aa-ng4ot the lives of those residents living there matter. Hank shouldn't be there. He doesn't belong there. If he wants to be a threat then his life doesn't matter.

[@timby2383]

The rich wanted the cozy secluded area all to themselves, away from other humans. But cringe, apparently there are bears living in THEIR property

[@devintaylor8702]

It's not the bears fault yall in his habitat Save the bear 🐻 ❤

[@michaelpugh1582]

Let’s “bear” 🐻in mind that this was his area first… humans need to live around their environment and not the other way around… otherwise there won’t be no environment😵☠️🏚

[@sarajanesmith3892]

Ditto Michael,. We moved into their territory.

[@brewster7498]

I mean like we do this to them and it's fine they do the same people call it a monster

[@AlmostReady504]

Hank hasn't been around since the mid- 1800s

[@gurrys2961]

Ugh you animal nuts are insufferable

[@chaseviking5096]

No it wasn't idiot. He was born long after the town was built. It's not his area. It's lot any wild animals area. It is a human populated area which means it's belongs to us humans and has been for a long time. Also there is no living around the environment idiot. That bear doesn't belong there.

[@TW---]

"terrorize"?! Jesus, that term really is being overused. This is just a bear doing what bears do. I'm sure if you were to look at it from all the wild animals perspective, they would say it's the humans who are "terrorizing" the planet.

[@thatsroughbuddy1133]

He's a 500 plus pound bear busting into people's home like the Kool aid man dude....i think that's terrorizing.

[@charleotteroselei1392]

Right ? Using negative language to move the narrative into a morally acceptable to remove or even kill Hank and tbh hank looks very overweight. They're preventative measures places like this take to prevent wildlife from getting into trash and just like having enough common sense to not feed potentially dangerous animals. Also they're in the fucking mountains where bears live do they just want his total annihilation?

[@charleotteroselei1392]

@@thatsroughbuddy1133 he didn't just now learn that people ≈ food that is obviously learned behavior that a resident must have gotten involved in. Black bears are known for this behavior at campsites.

[@thatsroughbuddy1133]

@@charleotteroselei1392 Still doesn't change the fact that he now needs to be relocated for breaking in to people's homes.

[@charleotteroselei1392]

It does if the same problematic people keep feeding other bears and this narrative is created again

[@patriciaasturias1007]

Modify the outside of the homes to prevent entry. That is wildlife habitat.

[@brucesteger2699]

Back in 2008 the largest bear ever caught in the Lake Tahoe basin was caught and euthanized! He weighed 725 lbs. He broke into I believe a dozen homes 7 with the residents inside and besides the massive damage done, 6 people were injured one very seriously. In 2012 the house across the street was broken into by the bear smashing the front door in. luckily no one was home but a lot of damage was done. The bear was caught and sent North. The home owner put a steel door with a steel door frame in and thought they were safe. Four months later the bear was back smashing in the steel door/door frame doing structural damage to the home. My neighbors were there and had to escape jumping off the balcony with there 10 year old girl ending up in the hospital with a broken leg. He was caught and euthanized weighing 675 lbs. Bears that are not afraid of us are dangerous.

[@cvn6555]

@@brucesteger2699 You won't convince any of these people. They see bears as cute and fuzzy and have no idea just how powerful and destructive they can be. The suggestion that people just "bear-proof" their homes shows how little they know. I am all for the "build your home in the mountains and expect to see wildlife" and maybe have critters go through your trash and pull down bird feeders, etc argument. Not once they start busting into homes and putting human lives in danger. It's time for Hank to be relocated or done.

[@taegotkash]

@@brucesteger2699 Funny how there’s no online article about that.

[@brianh6]

@@taegotkash According to Bruce this was 14 years ago. I would have no expectation of there still being an online article available from something that long ago (unless it was a major event) if there ever was one. This may have only been news locally with limited coverage. Not everything was ending up on the internet in 2008. And of course it is possible there is one and you couldn't find it.

[@brucesteger2699]

@@taegotkash Back then the County/City Fathers kept it quiet as they were worried about the loss of Tourism. Now with all the outlets available that is not possible any more. I bet you never new that in 2007 several people in Incline were arrested for feeding the bears dog food. Their reasoning was to feed them outside to keep them from breaking in their homes. Bears breaking into homes has been a problem for a very long time per my 96 year old neighbor who has lived here since 1951.

[@itsPhD]

They have never locked their doors LOL? This is just life, lucky it's just a bear and not a bunch of humans breaking in.

[@JohnDoe-qz7tm]

In bear county, it's common to leave doors unlocked so anyone can take cover. Very common in northern Canada and Alaska.

[@GarrettRC5thscaler]

Humans heh

[@wasidanatsali6374]

Locked doors won’t stop a determined bear. Watch bear breaks into cabin after knocking down door.

[@TheMysticAgent]

I am reading all the comments, you all are brilliant! Thank you ~ this "news" is not smart.

[@menschlicherroboter6791]

I'm surprised the kids used to be able to ride the bike without supervision-- Or ay least ride them

[@leechurchill1965]

They live in the mountains and complain about bears

[@SusanMinhTrangNguyen]

The problem is people keep building and taking away their land! Where TF do you think the bears are supposed to go?! People need to remember, THIS WAS THEIR LAND FIRST!

[@SatrnOne]

I guarantee these buildings have been there longer than Hank. Improper trash disposal means there are a lot of fat bears in Tahoe who aren't afraid of humans.

[@RainedropLollipop]

Don't kill him. What's wrong with people?

[@Bella.216]

Because people have given him access to food, he doesn't know how to hunt or seek his natural food. If they relocated him he will die a very painful death due to starvation. He can't go to a bear sanctuary because he's wild, he has lost all fear of human's. They stopped leaving trash outside so now this bear is becoming desperate to find food from humans. If he isn't given access anymore he will attack a human. He will have to be put down for this. This isn't the rangers fault or the bear managements fault. They warned every single person in that area to keep a clean neighborhood, they also told the ignorant people if Hank or another bear came into the yards to scare them away and contact authorities right away. But instead of scaring Hank away they gawk at him and take videos and pictures. It's disgusting, the neighbors have Hank's blood on their hands. A fed bear is a dead bear

[@sgtslippyfist6345]

Bear sausage and bear pepperoni sticks are delicious. On south Oregon coast we can shoot 3 a year and it's still over population here

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@Bella.216 put him in a zoo

[@chaseviking5096]

So let him kill someone especially a child? What's wrong with you idiot? Not to mention relocating him won't solve anything in the long run. Either he will return or he will find another town to terrorize and potentially attack someone. He no longer has fear of humans and that makes him extremely dangerous.

[@Perseverance777]

Any possibilities on placing Hank in an animal sanctuary, yet? He deserves to live. People have a heart!

[@lalitstar2371]

@G hi h Gg the i I he wants you for dinner, please the bear is hungry I will cook you on that barbecue for hank:)

[@firstnationfall5451]

True

[@aa-ng4ot]

@G hi h Gg the i I 😂😂 stop hating Hank!

[@aa-ng4ot]

@@lalitstar2371 😂😂

[@nifflofair6685]

If he is euthanised because these selfish, arrogant people moved into his home, then mankind, once again is proving to be the most selfish and dangerous animal on earth!

[@albooboomuham]

*Humans. Live in the WOODS. "We shouldn't live in fear of what a bear could do". There's something they could do also, leave their natural habitat. That bear has every right to do as he pleases. That is his HOME.

[@missf4681]

I totally agree

[@cj9667]

Totally agree…Obviously Tahoe has an abundance of cidiots transplants!

[@rexmundi5180]

If humans operated this way we would all go back to Africa

[@marvnuts]

These people live in bear country. The bears aren't living in human territory.

[@heyitsthemononpolyguy8086]

Exactly, but now Hank will be dead very soon. A trapper will kill him cause rich people said so Poor Hank!

[@AnarinaTV]

Please don't kill him. Put him in a sanctuary.

[@Bella.216]

Because people have given him access to food, he doesn't know how to hunt or seek his natural food. If they relocated him he will die a very painful death due to starvation. He can't go to a bear sanctuary because he's wild, he has lost all fear of human's. They stopped leaving trash outside so now this bear is becoming desperate to find food from humans. If he isn't given access anymore he will attack a human. He will have to be put down for this. This isn't the rangers fault or the bear managements fault. They warned every single person in that area to keep a clean neighborhood, they also told the ignorant people if Hank or another bear came into the yards to scare them away and contact authorities right away. But instead of scaring Hank away they gawk at him and take videos and pictures. It's disgusting, the neighbors have Hank's blood on their hands. A fed bear is a dead bear

[@sandra47958]

Don’t kill him find a zoo for him. Hank hasn’t hurt anyone.

[@aa-ng4ot]

Hank life Matters!

[@sharylhobbs998]

You want him jailed because he’s foraging where he lives? Zoos are not the answer.

[@aa-ng4ot]

@@sharylhobbs998 may be like in a sanctuary where he can roam around.

[@rexmundi5180]

I think dumping him in desolation wilderness might be more humane, but he’s probably just stumble back into town.

[@stephanies2239]

@@aa-ng4ot yeah, free from those crazy 2nd amendment people!

[@chudleyflusher7132]

They need to move away and leave the bears alone.

[@chaseviking5096]

No those bears need to stay out of human populated areas aka towns and cities especially towns and cities that have been there long before any animal today has been alive. It's not Hank's home. The wild is. Hank needs to be put down or put in a place like a zoo where he will not be able to ever terrorize people again.

[@pipsclips4211]

@@chaseviking5096 well whenever people keep moving to “the wild” they just keep chasing the bears away from their homes

[@chaseviking5096]

@@pipsclips4211 get over that factless bs. The town was built in the 1800s and hasn't expanded in a long time. It's not Hank's area. The woods are. You animal nutcases refuse to go learn the facts and just simply love using your feelings which are not facts.

[@joedirtnorcal2501]

I am just disgusted. Do not know what to say. The one lady says she's fed up because the bear keeps breaking into their homes. Well wake up folks you are living in their territory you Built Homes and their territory just like the neighbor mericans you just pushing all the natives out because you have the money to live there not fair the vert has just amount as rights as you do. Funny thing is is when a human being breaks into a house over and over again they going to jail they get out and they repeat but they don't euthanize them so why you want to euthanize a bear that was there way before you built your house city slicker just my opinion yes I live in Northern California and I deal with black bears also but I also know I respect them because I'm living in their backyard wake up folks

[@blurayne1974]

The person's that need to act are the people who invaded his territory. Y'all shouldn't be there. MOVE IF YOU DONT LIKE THE AREA. PERIOD.

[@davidg6489]

Karen needs to calm down hank just wants some 🍯

[@missf4681]

Entitled woman. I can destroy your home kill your natural environment but I shouldn't have to walk around afraid

[@DarthGandalftheBlack]

I’m an outdoor enthusiast, and I encounter wildlife all the time on the trails. I’ve never had a single issue with aggressive wildlife aside from one time. It’s not the Frank the Tanks fault people. And something should be done. Take your city loving asses back the city where it’s safe. If you can’t be responsible enough to pick up your garbage and food scraps, then you aren’t responsible enough to live in the woods. Go somewhere else, where you can have other people wipe your ass for you. I’m so tired of people blaming it on the wildlife. They were perfectly fine before you came along. Rant over.

[@ShabreaChandler]

Speak the truth💯 say again for all the crybabies in the back

[@snowboarder1092]

Imagine having the money to live in these places on lake Tahoe, and then getting upset about the wild life you've encroached upon. No wonder Hank keeps coming back. He can smell all the human trash.

[@codygoodsell1452]

Don't build a house where bears live.....God, I hate Tahoe.

[@khantra4568]

Bears used to live all over California.....guess we should demolish your house too huh.

[@pablochulo2882]

Minimum requirements must be met. You have only secured the ring of abstinence therefore you must stay away for 100yrs.

[@geneval3151]

We used to live in South Lake Tahoe and had bears in our yard from time to time. We adored these majestic animals and always thought it was a privilege when ever we saw one. Not to mention all the other wildlife we saw. Sadly.....Tahoe has changed with many Bay Area / Silicon Valley transplants now buying and building homes displacing residents and wildlife alike. The commercialization of the Lake along with the wildfires is stressing animals natural habitat even more. I hope Hank can be saved and moved to a new location but seeing how the CA Dept of Fish and Games has handled problem bears before I wouldnt get my hopes up.

[@cvn6555]

You might feel different if the bears were entering your home at will. I get bears occasionally in Central PA and watch them through the window. And that's great. A bear tries to get into my house? Bye-bye bear.

[@chaseviking5096]

Capturing him and relocating him isn't going to solve anything. He will either return their or find a new place to terrorize. Either he needs to be put down which is exactly what I would do if he broke into my home or he needs to be captured and moved to a enclosed sanctuary area like a zoo. Take him to a place where he will never be able to terrorize people again or put him down.

[@WizzRacing]

@@cvn6555 Hate to tell you.. You walk your ass out into the woods. You play by natures rules. Just how it is... So no bitching and crying if it teaches you a lesson...Why the old people were Tough. Rugged and Self Reliant. You had to be or you either moved back to the city or died...

[@doomtrigger]

Those same people are the ones that fed hank and the other fat bears in the area.

[@ShabreaChandler]

@@chaseviking5096 you think that’s the answer for everything don’t you your one crazy ass person

[@elgenius7536]

That's what happens when you invade bear's homes

[@RikiGuitarist]

Locking your doors. That'll do it. Bears test for open doorknobs and leave if it's locked.

[@sharylhobbs998]

😂😂😂

[@devintaylor8702]

SAVE THE BEARS 🐻❤

[@tuko99xtheugly56]

Wait who’s neighborhood is this? You moved to the forest in the mountains and you’re complaining about the local residents. You could always go back where you came from.

[@KingsOwn19]

Like many other exurban small town and small mountain towns with beautiful scenery. Tahoe has been invaded by Bay Area people and builders buying up land and building sprawl which pushes the long time local residents out and apparently these people don’t know how to live around wildlife.

[@SatrnOne]

@@KingsOwn19 sprawl doesn't really happen in Tahoe, but you're right about the Bay Area money moving in and making things too expensive for the folk who live their year round

[@evazheng2046]

Please don’t hurt Hank. Hank has bear rights!!!

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

He's always been for the right to bear arms.

[@TiredAmerican247]

He has the right to be hunted. Bears can be dangerous if they're not afraid of people. This isn't a patagonia magazine. This is reality.

[@latinotruthseeker8852]

@@TiredAmerican247 Poor Hank hasn't hurt anyone! 😢

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

@@TiredAmerican247 he's been around people for years. If they set up a feeding station in the forest, he'll be happier with that, and so will the residents. That said, no should have fed him in the beginning. Or left trash out. Wild animals don't need to adapt to people, people need to adapt to the area they CHOSE to live in. The bear had no choice.

[@mrxxbrian]

PLEASE DONT SHOOT HANK THE TANK 😥😥😥😥

[@LK-pc4sq]

lol

[@imagem812]

How could he fit through a window? He's a big boy! They're better not put him down. He deserves to be there too.

[@chaseviking5096]

The broken window shown was one he most likely tried getting through then realized he wouldn't fit. Animals will try getting through stuff they won't fit through then find a different way or give up once they realize they can't get through.

[@kevin_1230]

If you are gonna build your home in mother nature. Don't get upset when the wildlife makes their presence known. Hank deserves to live his life. I live in Rural Ontario. See bears all the time. Never had one break in to my home because I take precautions. I give them their space and and I Don't cry when one walks through my garden.

[@dbx1233]

What you say sounds nice, but Hank will be killed. LOL

[@jabee4733]

live in rural colorado and i have seen lots of wildlife from cows to horses to coyotes to the occasional bear, although very rare. never go banshee insane over them and actually recognize that it's their turf.

[@mofomoco]

Thats fine as long as the bear doesnt break into houses for dinner as a habit. That bear is broken and needs to be caged or euthanized before he eats a little kid.

[@marcsenteney3160]

Oh you poor poor humans! You invade his home and cry about the wild life in your area! Think about what you have done to his home first!

[@MeMeme-yb2eq]

Protect this bear at all cost. Don’t let him become the next Harambe.

[@christopherlittle579]

Kill the damn bear! Humans are more important. Makes no sense!

[@BuzzyStreet]

These people seem to think Hank is the only bear in town. Has anyone told them that killing or removing Tank will open up their neighborhood to other bears? Build a house in bear country.....

[@pwoo124]

Imagine how the bears felt when humans destroyed their habitat to build houses. Talk about pay back.

[@paulmadruga9786]

YES!!!! And then people act so surprised that there are bears near by!

[@pandarkthe1st]

Support for Hank! Doing what nature intended!

[@armadilllo]

nature intended bears to loot like blm?

[@jennajoseph893]

@ARMADILLO - 😂😂😂😂😂 We have black bears living in the trees in the same apartment complex. Oh my goodness, I'm dying from laughter thank you so much! 💙💙💙💙😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@myvt5360]

Do your thing Hank, humans should not have encroached into your territory.

[@Ottiz_Killgor]

you are living in the bears home.

[@jesmopera2685]

Then you might have to move. The bear is sharing his space

[@pabbischannel8812]

"I've been locking my door lately" Good thinking! That will keep the bear out for sure because they never enter a house if the door is locked!

[@biancaortega6673]

We live in Tahoe, this is their home. Everyone in Tahoe knows to not leave food out or in cars and to dispose of trash the appropriate trash cans aka bear cans.

[@jonchmielowski835]

Hank is freaking awesome!! All y’all are in HIS backyard!

[@freddygutierrez6764]

Did she say I'm tired and did he say we are just trying to walk out of our house. The bear is saying the same thing

[@chantallamb8652]

Stop building in the middle of nowhere in near country. If you dont like the bears then move to the city

[@Moss_piglets]

Hank's family has been there for generations. The home owners are squatting on his land. They should be relocated! 😂 But seriously though, this will continue to happen as their natural habitat keeps shrinking. Hank is probably fed by residents too. When I worked at Yellowstone, I've seen tourists feeding bears despite being told not to. As a wildlife biologist, I can't emphasize this enough, a fed bear is a dead bear. That can be applied to any animal. I wish I could just slap people whenever I catch them feed wildlife. In the end, it's the animals that pay with their lives because of human stupidity.

[@animaanimus8011]

I would bet my mortgage “Bridget” puts her trash out in a regular can and her kids leave food in her unnecessarily large SUV. People like her lure the bears in and then demand they be shot. These people want to live in “the country,” but are wholly unequipped both practically and emotionally. I hope Hank breaks all her crap.

[@aequoria2949]

After seeing the interviews with this Karen and the other idiot residents, I sympathize with the bear!

[@domenicsandri5836]

The bear doesn’t want to hurt you or your children. You babies. Take him as a mascot of the town or city.

[@mikehancho2082]

Well actually children are very much at risk for wildlife attacks as they don’t appear to be threatening to the bear. And keep in mind male bears kill other bears cubs and target the young of many species for food.

[@Raul-xe2yj]

Hank was there before these stuck up yuppies

[@freddygaulman5493]

Last dude said he's never locked his doors until this....

[@Jblessed2983]

Lol

[@dallas218]

What a goof

[@Czarina888777]

Ikr.

[@GGabe_]

I really hope the people realize that HE WAS THERE FIRST!!! You can't not expect them to come back to claim thier territory back!

[@armadilllo]

huh, how old is he? My friends family has had a house there for over 100 years.

[@GGabe_]

@@armadilllo I meant for all the bears in that area, not just Hank

[@taylors1974]

You moved into his territory, and are surprised "hank" comes onto your property.

[@HomeSkillit]

She's a recent transplant. Moved their from the bay area during the pandemic.

[@thanksforstoppingby]

Hank is obese. Hank needs sanctuary/weight loss program.

[@kathleenking47]

I bet someone is feeding him

[@georgesilverhawkstrailcame2297]

Residents spend many years feeding the bear, and now they're forced to deal with the consequences. Don't like bears? Then don't move to Bear County !!!

[@michaelavalek2649]

“So tired of this happening and being scared of the bears.” Don’t move there if that’s what your afraid of, yes Tahoe is beautiful and I love visiting but there are bears, that’s THEIR territory that you people are living in. People feed bears, leave things out without thinking about it for them to feed on so it’s only natural that they would roam around and look for food and what not.. hope nothing happens to poor hank the tank since he’s just being himself and living his natural wild life..

[@noah2339]

That damn bear needs to go back to where he came from lol 😂 Hard to feel bad for these people Like you moved into the mountains which is his home, be different if he came down to the city, but literally the city came to the bear 🐻

[@shelbybrooks7579]

Put Hank in a Sanctuary

[@sowoke1557]

say by bye to Hank :’( those bears are sooooo easy to scare off and are pretty docile, really. Thanks for announcing his death warrant.

[@sowoke1557]

I would be carrying bear spray for protection against the locals there though, not the bears.. Try a bell, they are amazing, also bear proof your house!!! Is locking your door really that diificult? Then complain about people feeding bears in the next breath, which you are essentially doing, leaving your door open.

[@latinotruthseeker8852]

No! He's not hurt anyone!!

[@Vendemiair]

@@sowoke1557 "Locking your door" won't help if the bear is smashing through glass panes as shown in 0:09

[@rexmundi5180]

Have you ever encountered a bear who has lost its fear of humans? A bell will do nothing, grew up in Tahoe my father was a park ranger . You insulting locals is poor taste as we are all on some animals past territory.

[@sowoke1557]

@@rexmundi5180 No I haven’t. It really does help if you've lived anywhere really remote. Making noise on a hike is important. I have definitely scared off large things, I never saw, luckily. I also generally have a dog/dogs with me, which helps with noise. Most animals don’t want to see you and these are black bears, not grizzlies or cougars, which I’m much more afraid of. I grew up working in forests as well, which carried on in to my career. Part of living in the bear’s forest is being prepared and knowledgable of your surroundings, always. Just hope they relocate him not euthanize him. and its really not the locals, sorry, its the massive amount of tourists.

[@messyfilms6325]

It’s literally impossible for an animal to terrorize humans, humans have stolen the land from non human animals. Hank is just showing them what it’s like. Go hank go!!!

[@xx-ve6pf]

They should have named him "fluffy" instead😂

[@Czarina888777]

This has harambe written all over it and Bridget will be the Karen remembered for it.

[@aa-ng4ot]

I miss "Harambe". Poor Harambe didn't deserve to die!😰😪

[@eurosonly]

These humans moved into his neighborhood and built houses where his food was. Hank is the real victim here.

[@fz1000red]

I have a cousin living in Tahoe with her husband who posted a video on social media last summer of huge hungry black bear carrying a package of frozen meat in her garage. It had ripped the padlocked freezer open like it was no challenge before digging around and scattering the contents. She and her husband don't intentionally feed bears, but they both fail to recognize the danger posed by such a powerful animal, especially within the confined space of a residential garage. Perhaps they will have to learn the hard way of the risks they expose themselves to while walking within six feet of them.

[@pokemon05100]

That could've been Hank himself, who knows.

[@ERich-do1rv]

Why he gotta be “black?!?”

[@palpal8058]

😂😂

[@chrisscholle1696]

I’m by far an animal activist. I hunt. But put this chubby dude in a zoo. He’s a freaking celebrity. And he’s adorable…

[@palpal8058]

HLM save hank

[@bhai1minutedekhidhar590]

Locals: bear is invading our home, our territory, he may kill us or our children! Hank the Tank during interview: really, hypocrites??

[@belleC25]

He's hungry you killed his food sources and now he's the bad guys?? Fucking human

[@armadilllo]

how the hell do you figure that? they picked his berries, ate his fish and deer?

[@KniveLing]

I kind of wish there were more bears than there were people in Tahoe.. Listening to these people complain about creatures that inhabited that area long before they did is really annoying to hear. People in Tahoe are so spoiled.

[@amapiria]

I'm jealous tbh. He's out here living his best life 🙌

[@billiejeanpeterson4214]

Turns out he wasn't guilty of everything they thought. I saw the follow up to this story. He should be treated to something nice for all this slander. I love him. He can root through my trash as long as he's nice.

[@linsieryan6149]

Omg, these poor humans need help, can't take a walk without a horn and have to lock you're doors!

[@gogot5244]

Most funny thing is that they believe a horn would protect them from a bear attack, lucky for them black bears rarely attack humans.

[@elleryeggen9678]

The bears were there first! I lived in Tahoe for 30+ years. These people need to learn to share the mountains. Abundance of readily available food, amongst other issues is causing the bears to not hibernate. Entitled people not wanting to share with previous tenants are the problem.

[@missf4681]

Poor hank.god bless and keep him

[@cynthiarogers2904]

. *GOD BLESS YOU FOR RELOCATING HER RATHER THAN PUTTING HER DOWN.* . *SHE IS BEAUTIFUL ... AND A GOOD MAMA BEAR.*

[@chromebomb]

THE TANK!

[@charlesritter6640]

Homeboy has had his door unlocked for 40 YEARS?

[@standforhumanitariancauses4756]

Make sure you guys don't carry any types of food in your backpacks or pockets when going for a walk or riding your bikes and avoid eating outdoors by the lake or parks. Bears have a great sense of smell. And that sense of smell gets triggered with some types of foods more than others. Potato chips, honey, and barbecue. Stay safe and hope the bear stays safe and out of trouble. In reality it's not their fault either.

[@katsimmons9997]

I wish every news story that used fear based sensationalized terms like "TERRORIZES" would update their stories referencing they were mistaken about Hank. It is these kinds of dramatic labels that only serve to create panic and prejudice towards one bear who wasn't even responsible for everything he was accused of. "Contempt prior to investigation is ignorance."

[@Michael-hb9je]

“Someone needs to act” says disgraceful Karen

[@throwaway692]

"I don't know who should be acting but somebody needs to act." That is the most quintessentially American statement I think I've ever heard.

[@TexasRoast]

If you all truly care for the future of Frank then you should start a go fund me to support his transportation to a wildlife sanctuary. If he isn't captured and taken to one then his only future is on the other side.

[@SeanFerree]

Hank The Tank is also my name when I decide to go out with friends and have "1 drink"