A sweet-toothed bear raided a Campbell River familyB次元官网网址檚 freezer Thursday night, virtually ignoring the meat and fish, gorging itself, instead, on the Christmas baking.
B次元官网网址淗e didnB次元官网网址檛 take anything that you would think a bear would take, like, there was smoked salmon, there was blackberries and like, meat and stuff,B次元官网网址� Sharla Marr said, B次元官网网址渁nd he pulled some of it out and took a bite into some of the things but then pulled the containers of, like, chocolate cookies, peanut brittle and just went to town.
B次元官网网址淚 had a container full of mint Nanaimo bars and it was a 11 x 16-inch pan, like a full-sheet pan of Nanaimo bars that was cut up in there and he ate the whole thing.B次元官网网址�
Like many people in town, the MarrsB次元官网网址� stand-up freezer was in the carport. After opening it up, the bear broke into the containers and virtually licked the pans clean. Marr said she had to take some time to recall what all she had in there based on what was remaining because there was no trace left in some containers.
B次元官网网址淭he containers were just broken and empty,B次元官网网址� she said.
The bear took a bite out of some bread and sampled some fish and meat but just pulled them out and left them to thaw.
Marr estimates the raid took place between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. She lives on a road in the south end of the city that is near a greenbelt and knew there are bears in the neighbourhood. Plus she has a newborn baby and sheB次元官网网址檚 up a lot in the night and has heard bears around. She usually checks out noises in the night but has never caught sight of a bear.
But Thursday night she and her husband heard noises again but they decided to just ignore it this time.
B次元官网网址淏oth of us heard something and we never went out and looked and weB次元官网网址檙e kicking ourselves,B次元官网网址� Marr said.
Because this time, there was a bear out there helping himself.
B次元官网网址淵ep, he was pigging out on all the Christmas baking.B次元官网网址�
Now Marr has to replace the lost baking. She does baking on the side from home and had some people expecting delivery of baking orders, plus she had her family baking out there too.
It could have been worse, there could have been more baking in the freezer but Marr hadnB次元官网网址檛 produced as much as she normally would have because sheB次元官网网址檚 dealing with a newborn in the house.
The freezer sustained some damage but mostly itB次元官网网址檚 dirty from the big furry messy eater. SheB次元官网网址檚 had to bleach the freezer after transferring what was left to the in-lawsB次元官网网址� freezer.
The raid comes as a surprise because Marr thought bears would be hibernating at this time of the year.
Unfortunately, the bear raid went full circle because he left an unpleasant calling card before he left.
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