Bear Steals a Family's Subaru, Takes It for a Ride, and Poops Inside

[ehrnst]

“Usually, I don’t get up at 5 o’clock unless there is a bear driving a car down the street,” Cornelius joked.

After the bear broke into the car, it likely released the parking brake somehow, he said.

The couple didn’t see the bear leave the SUV and called 911 after the crash because they didn’t know if people were to blame and possibly still in the vehicle.

The car rolled backward from a neighbor’s home into Cornelius’ mailbox and over some utility boxes, he said.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputies determined a bear was to blame, because it defecated in the car, likely because it was nervous, Cornelius said.

It also ripped up the interior of the vehicle. It pulled the steering wheel straight off the shaft, ripped the radio out of the dash and busted out the back window.

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/bear-broke-into-familys-subaru-and-took-it-for-a-ride?fbclid=IwAR3oc3Gvz2rnNL0CWd7HYFyUeZgWTKEJoaKLqqJLTSj3zQyH6Cw4qXiRfSE

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. national bear driving school emergency

DWB -- driving while bearish.

[TheBlackAdder]

29. My nerves, my nerves. . .

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Start watching at the 15 minute mark.

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[malaise]

2. Did all that with his

bear hands

[Hekate]

7. Oh, you bad

[malaise]

20. I do miss Pinboy3niner

[Hekate]

22. Yeah, me too. Somewhere, the angels are laughing fit to bust, though...

[True Dough]

31. Pinboy would have been all over this thread

and I'm sure he would have given you a tip of the cap for that quip, malaise.

[malaise]

34. LOL

He would have posted it first

[ehrnst]

35. That's a dad joke....

[pecosbob]

3. Try and tell that to Geico...

[Blue_true]

27. They're gonna need more pictures, plus a police report. nt

[DBoon]

4. Which insurance company has the TV ads with all the strange situations they covered?

Is it Liberty?

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Farmers.

[madinmaryland]

10. Bump ba ba b ba ba bump

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Yep

If you've seen Counterpart, it's astonishing that J K Simmons is also the guy in those commercials.

[Hekate]

6. Damn teenage bears...

Papa Bear is going to give him such a talking-to when he gets home.

PS: in all seriousness, am glad no one got hurt.

[PSPS]

8. And he bearly drank any of his coffee. The cup is still over half full.

[Initech]

9. Damn it Yogi! Now the Ranger's gonna have to tranq you again!

[Tom Rinaldo]

11. We had a bear in our Subaru once

And no there is no punch line. We did. Must have smelled a discarded food wrapper. Around here (The Catskills) hey know how to open certain door handles if left unlocked. Dusty bear prints on the seat and door. Door left wide open upon exit. A bunch of our CDs scattered on the driveway.

We deduced it didn't like our taste in music. Now we always lock our car doors when the bears are out of hibernation

[CousinIT]

12. I have a name for that bear...

Trump.

[FakeNoose]

13. Aren't bears hibernating now?

This sounds a little suspicious, no?

[MontanaMama]

17. We have black bears in our 'hood right now.

Sometimes they don’t go to sleep if food sources are readily available and even if they do, bears will have a walkabout and go back to bed. I take my bird feeders in at night because bears are hell on them.

[Codeine]

18. The article is from August 2017.

I was confused too, to the point of checking weather reports from southern Colorado.

[essme]

19. They are starting to come out in

NC. They don't go to sleep all winter- you can still see them every now and then when they get up and walk around.

But, early Spring, when they are hungry and have cubs with them is when they are most likely to break into cars and try to get into the garbage, bird feeders, etc.

[pecosbob]

15. we had a black bear in our camper at Yosemite when I was a wee lad

Was the highlight of the trip for me...that and my little brother getting lost in the woods for the afternoon...

[rufus dog]

16. Years ago I read an article about bears in Yosemite

They actually know which cars to break into. Specifics minivans and hatchbacks were targets. The bears knew which latches were weak and targeted those cars and vans.

[Ilsa]

21. Practiced campers know that food must be strung up high between

two trees. You can't keep even a candy wrapper in your tent. I wonder if the bear could smell a food item, Even with doors closed and windows up?

[mercuryblues]

23. When the bear got out

he roared "Honey, I'm home"

[SoCalDem]

24. So, "does a bear shit in the...."

car???? the answer is obviously, YES!!!

Pass the Charmin

[JDC]

25. He was pissed because he didn't know how to drive stick

No doubt

[USALiberal]

26. They have arrested the Bear, he is not talking. nt

[Blue_true]

32. Lawyered up right away. Some guy named Yogi told him to shut up and not talk to police

until Yogi got there.

[USALiberal]

33. LOL, Smart Bear! nt

[unblock]

28. And this is why I will never buy a Subaru!

[ecstatic]

30. How did it get inside the car?

Did s/he rip the door off? Or use the door handle?