Family caught brazen bear breaking into their car

Car thieves come in all shapes and sizes but a family in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, got the surprise of their lives when they caught a bear brazenly breaking into their car. Rebecca Moore says she and her husband were awakened by a noise outside at about 5:30am on Tuesday.



"By the time we got out of bed, [the bear] was actually inside one of our cars. We saw the car door open and it was just coming out one of our cars," she said. "We saw him just open the door of the truck, just easy as anything.… He was obviously used to accessing vehicles."

Moore said she just had to capture the "unbelievable" sight on camera. "It was just the amazement, really. You just couldn't believe what you were seeing," she said. "It was just too amazing not to take a video." Moore says she and her husband chased the bear away from the property as soon as they stopped filming.


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Conservation officer Denny Chretien believes the three-year-old bear has broken into other cars in the area. "It's not a common behaviour but it is occurring." The Moores, meanwhile, say they're just glad they didn't leave the keys in the ignition.

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