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Bear climbs in SUV in Tahoe, California...and Happy Thanksgiving fellow DU'ers! (Original Post) steve2470 Nov 2019 OP
They are lucky Pachamama Nov 2019 #1
Most commonly bear-invaded vehicle in Colorado (and WA, I think) is a Subaru hlthe2b Nov 2019 #2
Smart critter. I'm surprised it didn't drive away. Auggie Nov 2019 #3
It could have put it in reverse and driven in circles for an hour csziggy Nov 2019 #5
Fantastic! But I think a bear would drive to the nearest 7-11. Auggie Nov 2019 #10
If it was a Tahoe bear Polly Hennessey Nov 2019 #4
Does a bear s... in the SUV. Relevant question now. kairos12 Nov 2019 #6
lmao...fecking Tourists! FirstLight Nov 2019 #7
A few years ago 2naSalit Nov 2019 #8
Gimme shelter, Baby Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #9

Pachamama

(16,875 posts)
1. They are lucky
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:59 PM
Nov 2019

I have see what a bear can do to a car in search of food....

My question is why did these idiots leave the door unlocked or not just lock it when the bear was standing at the car trying to open door?

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
2. Most commonly bear-invaded vehicle in Colorado (and WA, I think) is a Subaru
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:00 PM
Nov 2019

Their door handle design was absolutely "made" for those bear paws to open!

Lock your vehicles, folks. There is usually not much left after a bear exits.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
5. It could have put it in reverse and driven in circles for an hour
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:47 PM
Nov 2019

If a Labrador can do it, so could a bear!

FirstLight

(13,352 posts)
7. lmao...fecking Tourists!
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:46 PM
Nov 2019

Only the stupid ones leave the doors unlocked and probably had snacks or gum or something in there that he wanted.
What's even funnier is the human being so chicken about opening the door...honestly, the bear could care LESS about you, these guys are SO cuddly and all they want is food. I have stood on the front porch and talked to the momma bear as she and her babies ate the apples off the neighbors tree, she maybe glanced at me once, but then just ignored me.


Damn they are smart though! Over the summer, there was a public service announcement for us not to leave the "key" in the bear box because they had figured out how to turn the key and get into the trash!

2naSalit

(86,072 posts)
8. A few years ago
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:47 PM
Nov 2019

one of my colleagues was parked at a federal agency facility where we worked, brand new Toyota, and somehow must have unlocked the doors while the fob was in their pocket while inside the building-a bunkhouse. Next morning as they were getting in to go to work, they realized a bear had found its way into the vehicle but also managed to get out. The only damage was the smell and that the bear drooled all over the front dash and console and seats. Nothing was ruined but the bear must have had quite a time in there as tools from the way back of the vehicle were on the front seats, drooled on of course.

No tears or breakage, just stinky and dried saliva all over everything. *gag*.


Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
9. Gimme shelter, Baby
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:48 PM
Nov 2019

The poor black bears in the Tahoe region have been locked out of the preferred shelter, the dumpster. Any port in a storm, Baby!

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