I blame it on the chicken.
We’d bought fried chicken the night before. It’d been a long day on the water. We were hungry and there was nothing to eat at home. So we stopped at the co-op deli, bought a bag of fried chicken and brought it home for dinner.
I remember thinking “Hmm, it sure smells good.”
Later that night a bear had the same thought.
Our neighbor’s camera caught the rascal sniffing out the cars in the car port. Probably the same bear that had checked the cars last month. This time he was inspecting our car. Luckily we’d locked all the doors. That didn’t stop him from walking around the car and peering through the windows. No chicken for you buddy!
The Sandy Chronicles 
oh. my. goodness.
Who’s have thought fried chicken would be so popular!????
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So you enjoyed the chicken and the bear didn’t so it’s all good! Ah those little precautions one has to take depending on where you live. All part of life’s great pageant!
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You’ve said it right. I’m glad to enjoy the experience !
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Scary!
I can’t imagine how you people manage things daily.
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It’s not as scary as it seems. Normally, the bears are very skittish around people, will avoid them and run away if they see them. Although bears have literally been at my door, I’ve never actually been up close to one.
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Still you people are bold!
I am s*** scared!
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Yikes!
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Wow, that paw print is a very clear record of his visit, even if you hadn’t had the CCTV footage 😮
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Without the CCTV though, I probably would’ve missed it 🙂 Our car is very dusty and dirty from driving outside of town.
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Have there been any unfortunate encounters in recent years between bears and humans in your area?
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Within in my immediate area there’ve been a issues where bears get into the autos & accidentally get locked in, then they do enormous damage. In the province, they’ve been reports of bears approaching joggers on trails or a woman waiting at a bus stop.
In all these cases, the bears became habituated to humans through easy access to unsecured garbage. The unfortunate encounters occur when bears are killed because they’ve become too habituated. They become aggressive about guarding their food source and a danger to humans. That’s when BC Conservation Officers trap the bears and either re-locate them, or more likely euthanize them.
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Check out that pawprint! It is massive. Pretty lucky there was no damage to the car and totally the chickens fault!
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Yep. That paw print is about the same as my hand, so pretty big guy!
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OMG!
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Wow!!! I am glad the bear didn’t scratch your car. A photo of a nose print would have been fun.
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I hadn’t thought of that. There wasn’t a scratch.The bear has done terrible damage inside the car (trying to find food in the seats etc) but there’s been no reports of him damaging the outside. Clever AND considerate 😉
I’ll tell him that you’d like to see his nose print next time.
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I have seen photos of car interiors after bear car searches after they have opened the door!!!
Nose print instructions would be good 🐻😂
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