These cubs had been in search of greater than only a pick-a-nic basket.
A pack of 4 bears stole beer and sweet from a Tennessee cabin, which they broke into and ransacked earlier than the human occupants’ startled eyes.
The group laid siege to the mountain hideaway in Gatlinburg Friday, as two terrified girls renting the house filmed the incident whereas searching for shelter on the second ground, CNN experiences.
“It knocked over the trash, it knocked over a ebook, and it destroyed a few decks of playing cards and it scratched up quite a lot of stuff. There have been scratches on partitions and the ground,” stated Michelle Eberhart, who was dwelling with a pal on the time whereas their two husbands had been off enjoying golf.
Eberhart instructed CNN that the bear barged by means of a locked door and compelled its means inside whereas the opposite three bears milled concerning the porch.
The candy-crazed cub plundered 5 kilos of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, two kilos of Bitter Patch Youngsters, a pound of M&M’s, two luggage of potato chips, and a bathtub of peanut butter pretzels Eberhart stated.
Police arrived and managed to chase the bears away — however not earlier than the burly bandits additionally took two beers, two Weight loss plan Cokes and allergy drugs.
Matthew Cameron, a spokesman on the Tennessee Wildlife Sources Company, instructed CNN that the bears had been seemingly cubs that realized from their mom to hunt out human meals.
Bear break-ins are uncommon, however are extra seemingly in early spring earlier than extra pure meals sources develop into obtainable, he added.
“Sadly, this lack of obtainable, pure meals drives some bears to hunt out human meals and have interaction in nuisance habits,” he stated. “This aggressive habits will proceed till the summer time berries start to ripen, however that’s nonetheless over a month away.”