Black bear noshes on lunch inside surprised woman's minivan

Friday, July 13, 2018

ATLANTA -- Bears don't usually pack a lunch, but they'll be happy to eat whatever someone else has prepared. WSB-TV reported Carrie Watts of Rabun County found a large black bear enjoying her sandwich, chips and a cookie inside her minivan after climbing through an open window. Watts had left the windows down Wednesday to combat the summer heat. She initially thought the bear was a black cat. She said the bear spent about 30 minutes in the minivan before it climbed back out the window and scaled a tree. Watts said lunch wasn't the only thing the bear demolished; it also destroyed her child's car seat and shredded some paperwork.

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