Posted on 11/08/2023 12:05:48 PM PST by SJackson
LONGWOOD, Florida — A fast-food loving black bear stole a $45 Taco Bell order from the front porch of a home in the Orlando suburb of Longwood moments after the Uber Eats driver delivered it, an Orlando television station reported.
This is no Florida man story, as there’s no evidence a Floridian dressed in a bear costume stole the food. Rather, the criminal was a real-life Florida black bear estimated to weigh 300 to 400 pounds, WOFL-TV reported.
The caper happened Friday, and it was captured on the home’s Ring camera. The video shows the beast sauntering up to the front door and grabbing the bag in its mouth. Then, a short time later, it comes back to steal the drinks.
Yo Quiero Taco Bell!
“He came, and he grabbed the food — then he came again for the soda,” Nicole Castro told the TV station.
When the family opened the front door about 10 minutes later, the Ring video captures their reaction: “The bear took the food!”
Uber Eats reimbursed the family for the stolen food, the TV station reported.
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No. He will be fine. Our bears are putting on fat for their 2 month semi hibernation. They know trash days of individual neighborhoods and will definitely make a mess. But they go out of their way to avoid humans. We have a juvenile that comes right by our front porch sometimes.
Likely almost half was delivery and tip
Didn’t know there were bears in Florida!
They are everywhere, all over here, big ones too, that follow weekly garbage pickups, fish&games gives out garbage bin locks but they pop those easily. Neighbor across the street gets trashed yard every time they leave garbage out overnight.
Bears are fearless, walk right through neighborhood, checking them all for goodies. Climb fences like cats, fast too.
Boo Boo is not a juvenile anymore.
The bear has a never ending way to get fed...Annnnd Uber will pay for it
I’ve seen a bit of bear scat in my time, black and brown, but I don’t want to imagine what a $45 Taco Bell scat pack would look like in my lawn or driveway (identifiable by the wrappers I am sure).
That is a very large bear for Florida.
Well, since it took Taco Bell, pretty sure we all know the answer to the age old question . . . .
Unbelievable! I had no idea they were down there. I figured they stayed in the north and western parts of the US.
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