Posted on 04/12/2024 11:42:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
April 12 (UPI) -- The Florida Highway Patrol posted security camera footage showing a hungry bear attempting to break into a parked patrol car.
The FHP's Troop F, based in the southwest part of the state, posted a video to Instagram showing the furry suspect who is "wanted" for "attempted burglary of [an] FHP state trooper car."
The footage shows the bear, apparently on the hunt for snacks, approach the parked vehicle and attempt to use its mouth and paws to work the door handle.
The attempted break-in by the bear, nicknamed "Teddy" by the FHP, was ultimately unsuccessful, as the doors of the car were locked at the time.
Florida wildlife officials recommend keeping car doors locked while parked and keeping vehicles free of any food or trash that could attract the animals, as bruins have been caught on camera in the past opening unlocked vehicle doors in the search for snacks.
Bear Ping!..................
Smelled the donuts
Hey hey hey Boo Boo …is that a pick-a-nic basket?
Ten bucks says a Trooper left food in there.
Can anyone explain to me how these bears know what a door handle is and does?
I misread that as FHP’s F Troop. Funny show from back in the day.
Smarter than the average bear................
Donuts!..............
I saw a news item a while back where a bear pulled the entire car door off the vehicle to get to some sweets inside the car. Just like Clyde the Orangutan in “Every Which Way But Loose”................
Clyde, scrap the Caddy.
Happened to my friend who went and stayed in a cabin with her husband in the Smoky mtns. Left an apple or something in the car. It was locked. Bear tore off the handle. Ripped it right off. A metal door handle on a new car.
Bears aren’t cute imho.
He has a tag in his ear, so he’s a known “felon”!
Was it us Yogi?
Yes, Boo-Boo, it’s us................
Released without bond...
Was there 'a bear in the air', when this occurred?
He bearly escaped
LINK: Lion uses teeth to open the car door with the family inside
What is funniest is as they shriek and close the door to drive away, you can hear the mother say "I didn't know they could do that!!!"
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