Man shocked to find night-time intruder in living room is 20st black bear

The bear was shot after breaking into the house during the night (Seeley Oblander via AP)

A Montana couple got a late-night wake-up call from a barking dog alerting them that a black bear had broken into their living room before the man shot and killed the animal with a handgun.

The confrontation with the large beast happened in the rural community of Luther at the base of the rugged Beartooth Mountains, where Thomas Bolkcom and fiancee Seeley Oblander live with their two dogs.