A B.C. mother is recounting the harrowing story of hiding from a bear that invaded her home in Rossland, B.C., about 380 kilometres east of Vancouver, while she and her 9-year-old daughter were hosting a friend for a sleepover.

Katherine Rice said she never actually saw the bear that entered her home through the front door, but she heard noises that alerted her to the unwelcome visitor as she was getting ready to go to bed late Saturday.

“I thought it was possibly the kids or a bear outside [the house], but then I heard some really loud noises and I realized that a bear was in the house,” Rice told CBC Radio West host Sarah Penton.