“First of all, someone needed to have the guts to get into that crawl space and harass the bear to leave. “
I don’t think anyone went into the crawl space.
I don’t think anyone went into the crawl space. Someone opened the access door and shot it with the paint ball gun with balls filled with vegetable oil:

That agitated the bear enough to squeeze through the opening and exit, where it was again shot with the paint balls until it left the area.


I assume at least one team member had a firearm with sufficient stopping power if the bear became aggresive with them.