Black bear crashes kitchen ceiling in Bell County at 5 A.M., stunning residents as the startled animal lands directly on the stove. Kentucky wildlife officials, including a game warden and sheriff’s deputy, helped the bear escape unharmed through an open door. “That’s a first!” one official quipped.

After climbing a ladder and squeezing through an attic opening, the bear’s drop into the Bell County kitchen left both wildlife officers and homeowners wide-eyed. With no injuries reported, the impromptu bear visit became a Kentucky kitchen legend—just another day for local law enforcement who declared, “You don’t see that every shift.”

Game wardens say the bear made its entrance after scaling a backyard ladder and squeezing through a tiny attic gap.