ASPEN — A man was sent to the hospital last night after a bear attacked him in a home in Aspen’s Meadowood subdivision.
It’s unknown what injuries he sustained, although the injuries did not appear life-threatening, said Randy Hampton, spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Law enforcement was called to 4 Laurel Lane at 8:07 p.m. on a report that a man was being attacked by a bear in the house.
Hampton said the man was upstairs when his dogs started barking. As he attempted to round up the dogs, the bear came upstairs and encountered the man.
After he was injured, the man went downstairs after the bear did and opened a window to allow the animal to escape, Hampton said. The bear, described as a large male, eventually climbed out the window.
Read the rest of this report, including efforts to catch the bear and details of previous bear incidents, at .
