Bear encounter caught on camera
Bear encounter caught on camera
LUNCHTIME THIS MORNING, IT WASN’T A JACK IN THE BOX, BUT A BEAR IN A DUMPSTER. AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN WEST VIRGINIA SAYS HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE GOT QUITE A SHOCK YESTERDAY. TODAY. OOH, THAT’S GOING TO MAKE YOU THINK TWICE ON GARBAGE DAY, RIGHT? A DUMPSTER DIVING BEAR. THE NICHOLAS COUNTY PRINCIPAL SAID THE BEAR MUST HAVE GOT TRAPPED IN THE DUMPSTER, OBVIOUSLY, AFTER SQUEEZING IN FOR A LITTLE SNACK AND A LITTLE MEAL THAT WAS A BIG SURPRISE. I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU THROW TRASH IN A DUMPSTER AND YOU THROW THINGS IN IT, BUT YOU REALLY DON’T EXPECT THINGS TO COME OUT. THE FREED BEAR MADE A RUN FOR IT IN THE WOODS. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT. THAT HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND WHEN HE TOOK OUT THE GARBAGE WHERE THERE WAS A RACCOON IN THERE. OH, SO NOW OUR GARBAGE IS FACE THE OPPOSITE WAY. AN
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Bear encounter caught on camera
Well, it wasn’t a jack in the box for one man in West Virginia; it was a bear in a dumpster. An elementary school principal in Nicholas County says he and another employee got quite a shock Monday. He came face to face with a dumpster-diving bear. Watch the encounter in the video player aboveJames Marsh said the bear must have trapped itself inside the dumpster after squeezing in for a meal and a snack."That was a big surprise,” he said. “I was not expecting that. You know, you throw trash in a dumpster and you throw things in it, but you really don't expect things to come out."The freed bear made a run for the woods. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
Well, it wasn’t a jack in the box for one man in West Virginia; it was a bear in a dumpster.
An elementary school principal in Nicholas County says he and another employee got quite a shock Monday.
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He came face to face with a dumpster-diving bear.
Watch the encounter in the video player above
James Marsh said the bear must have trapped itself inside the dumpster after squeezing in for a meal and a snack.
"That was a big surprise,” he said. “I was not expecting that. You know, you throw trash in a dumpster and you throw things in it, but you really don't expect things to come out."
The freed bear made a run for the woods.
Thankfully, no one was hurt.