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After the bear broke into the car, it likely released the parking brake somehow, he said.
The couple didnt see the bear leave the SUV and called 911 after the crash because they didnt know if people were to blame and possibly still in the vehicle.
The car rolled backward from a neighbors home into Cornelius mailbox and over some utility boxes, he said.
La Plata County Sheriffs 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.
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)DWB -- driving while bearish.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
Start watching at the 15 minute mark.
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malaise
(269,063 posts)bear hands
Hekate
(90,715 posts)malaise
(269,063 posts)Hekate
(90,715 posts)True Dough
(17,311 posts)and I'm sure he would have given you a tip of the cap for that quip, malaise.
He would have posted it first
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)pecosbob
(7,541 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)DBoon
(22,371 posts)Is it Liberty?
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)If you've seen Counterpart, it's astonishing that J K Simmons is also the guy in those commercials.
Hekate
(90,715 posts)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
(13,603 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)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
(9,247 posts)Trump.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)This sounds a little suspicious, no?
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Sometimes they dont 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
(25,586 posts)I was confused too, to the point of checking weather reports from southern Colorado.
essme
(1,207 posts)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
(7,541 posts)Was the highlight of the trip for me...that and my little brother getting lost in the woods for the afternoon...
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)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
(61,695 posts)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
(14,532 posts)he roared "Honey, I'm home"
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)car???? the answer is obviously, YES!!!
Pass the Charmin
JDC
(10,129 posts)No doubt
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)until Yogi got there.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)unblock
(52,257 posts)ecstatic
(32,712 posts)Did s/he rip the door off? Or use the door handle?