MARBLE, Colo. -- A man shot and killed a mother black bear and then one of her cubs as each one separately tried to break into his Marble-area cabin over the course of last weekend, according to state wildlife officials interviewed by the Aspen Daily News.

"The sow was tearing apart the floor of the (elevated) cabin and coming in from underneath" while the man, an employee of OutWest Guides, was home early Saturday morning, according to Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton. Hampton said no obvious food or garbage attractants were around the cabin to entice the bear.

"The individual was afraid and shot the cub," Hampton said.

The man was not ticketed.

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