The car alarm was blaring, and there was a light moving around in the car.
The couple in the Colorado Mountain Estates subdivision near Florissant thought someone was trying to steal their car early Wednesday.
When deputies from the Teller County Sheriff’s Office responded about 2:30 a.m., they discovered a young bear in the car.
The bear was as surprised to see the deputies as the deputies were to see the bear, said Mikel Baker, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office.
One of the two deputies took some pictures of the bear and opened the car door. The bear was gone in a flash, Baker said.
According to Baker and Teller County Sheriff Kevin Dougherty, this bear — like so many others — is very smart and had learned how to open car doors.
But as the bear rummaged around in the car, causing extensive damage, the door closed and the bear could not deduce how to get out.
Baker said that bears are extremely hungry as they prepare for hibernation. No food should be left in a car, she said.
Howard Pankratz, The Denver Post
