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An Indiana native says a group of bears broke into her cabin Tennessee Friday morning. A black bear with an apparent sweet tooth broke into the home and scavenged for treats. In the end, the ursine invader made off with M&Ms, snacks and beer.
Eberhart and a friend were inside the cabin chatting when the bear began trying to force its way into the domicile. The women’s husbands were out golfing when the bear arrived. “She just looked up, and she was kind of making some motion and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” Eberhart told reporters. “So, I kind of moved a little bit and saw what she was freaking out about.”
Michelle Eberhart found herself wishing she had bought contact lenses online before leaving on her vacation. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing.
According to Eberhart, she and her friend beat a hasty retreat upstairs. The pair waited for the bear to leave, noticing several other black bears ambling about on their front porch. She told reporters that the bears were “pretty active” downstairs, destroying several decks of cards and knocking over the trash.
Bears, especially black bears, aren’t known to be terribly aggressive. However, when they’re hungry enough, they’ll often break into campsites or cabins in search of treats and goodies. It’s common practice to campers to leave their coolers strung up from trees to keep bears from burglarizing them.
However, these bears were particularly aggressive. A bear that is willing to push into a human dwelling is desperate, indeed. According to Eberhart, these bears gorged themselves on candy and snacks that were laying out on the table and counter. In fact, they even snatched two beers and made off with a pack of M&M’s.
Bafflingly, the bears took two Diet Cokes and Eberhart’s allergy medicine, too. They seem to have thought the pills must have been candy, too. The incident finally ended when police arrived, scaring off the bears.
On Monday and Tuesday, Eberhart and her husband have seen more bears. There have been scratches on the siding of their cabin, and their grill has been knocked over. The couple has since resolved to head back to Indiana, cutting their trip short.
Eberhart swears they’ve done nothing to encourage the bears, such as leaving food outside. They have sought to scare them off multiple times, but the ursine mischief-makers keep coming back. According to wildlife experts, this is likely due to the dearth of food available for bears in the spring.
