California: Man finds black bear in his truck

[hunter]

Evan Nielson from Truckee, California, faced an unusual sight when he discovered a black bear in his truck.

The bear had somehow opened the door of the vehicle and climbed in.

"At one point he had both hands on the steering wheel and was honking the horn with his snout," said Mr Nielson, who recorded the incident with a mobile phone camera.

Police arrived and let the bear out, but the truck was left badly damaged by the encounter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22407417

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Good thing Mr. Nielson didn't leave the keys in the truck. Bears are terrible drivers.

[struggle4progress]

1. *making note to self: yet another reason not to buy a truck*

[MrScorpio]

2. Not the average bear nt

[hollysmom]

3. doors are getting too hard to open from the inside

too easy from the outside. Poor bear. bet he would have liked to have a nice piece of meat and a good drink while there.

[hunter]

4. I've been stuck in borrowed or rental cars fumbiling around in the dark for a door handle.

There's been a few times I couldn't find the switch for the dome light either.

Knowing bears, and many dogs too, he was probably after one or two french fries lost under the seat.

[bluedigger]

5. I've seen that happen before.

I worked for a Subaru dealer in Maine back in '89. We had a wagon come in on a transporter that had been ransacked by a black bear. The interior looked just about like that truck, with the addition of the the passenger seat back wrenched around 90 degrees. Don't park your car in the woods with the windows down and food in it.

[Moondog]

6. Does a bear shit in the

truck? Huh?

[NV Whino]

7. Yeah, right...

Like his insurance company is going to believe that.

[marzipanni]

8. and man finds (pieces of) his truck in black bear

When we visited my SIL and her family near Tahoe City we were told that bears had been raiding the dumpsters.
Owls regurgitate rodent bones and fur in the form of "owl pellets"... while we walked in the woods we saw that bears poop big "pellets" of plastic bags and other non-digestibles along the trails.

[whistler162]

9. Shouldn't make smelly tuna fizsh sandwiches!

TV show reference.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

10. Now that is an Idea!

Grand Thief Auto: Yellowstone!

[Jeff R]

11. Adapting

Ok so it looks like the northern Ca. wildlife is getting smarter...
Wonder if they found some vegetation to eat, that the rest of us smoke???

[kurtzapril4]

12. They ARE terrible drivers.....

and they're prone to road rage, too.