A Colorado family had a backyard scare when a snack-seeking black bear came within inches of a boy munching on popcorn.
Rachel and Rob Schmela shared security camera footage of their son, Evan, eating kettle corn in the backyard of a relative's Aspen home when the bear comes up behind him.
The bear came within about a foot of Evan's head before he realized there was an animal behind him.
"I was like, frozen for a couple of seconds, I didn't know what to do," Rachel Schmela told KDVR-TV. "Luckily, Rob and his brother kind of jumped into action sooner than I did and they knew just to make some loud noise and that would scare the bear."
She said Evan was uninjured by the encounter.
The family said bears are a frequent sight in the area after dark, but it was the first time they had seen one during daylight hours.
A Connecticut family had a similar caught-on-camera encounter last month in the driveway of their Simsbury home.
Kristin Lee said she was spending time outside with family members, including her 9-year-old son and 2-year-old nephew.
Security camera footage shows the young boys alert the adults to the presence of a bear that came walking around the house. The video shows the family quickly flee indoors.
Lee said no one was injured.
