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A family in Northern California watched on helplessly for two-and-a-half hours their car got destroyed by a bear. The bear had gotten locked inside the car after entering through an open door.
The family took a video of the black bear in Butte County, California trapped inside their car destroying the interior. Instead of figuring out a way to re-open the door with the bear inside, the owner used a pellet gun to shatter the already damaged windshield to enable the bear to escape through the front.
This all went down in Forest Ranch, California which is out in the sticks northeast of Chico. When it was all said and done, the car was completely totaled. Footage of the damage inside the car was shared by the couple and wow, just wow. This car got completely and totally destroyed by the bear.
The owner of the car, Amanda Wells, told local news she was awoken in the middle of the night by her barking dog. It was at that point she noticed that not only were her car’s headlights on they were flashing… Not a good sign.
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After venturing outside to investigate, they discovered the bear trapped inside the car where it remained for the 2.5 hour rampage on the car’s interior.
Ultimately, they made the safe and correct call to not open the door to allow the bear to run free. Many (most?) modern cars have options to remotely open the trunk but this bear was clearly panicking and it’s unclear if this vehicle had that feature, not that it would have really saved them any damage if it did because the bear had already caused damage by the time they discovered it trapped inside.
I am impressed that the Subaru held up and the didn’t burst at the seams because if/when those airbags deployed I imagine the adrenaline spike that bear must’ve experience would’ve been akin to the infamous ‘Cocaine Bear.’