By Charlie Carey

A feathered friend or a thieving foe? A resident raven at Cypress Mountain Resort is causing a stir online after being caught on camera unzipping a skierB次元官网网址檚 backpack before flying off with its contents recently.

Shared on the B次元官网网址楬iking British ColumbiaB次元官网网址� Facebook group by Turguy Tugayli on Dec. 29, the 16-second video shows the super-intelligent bird calmly going about its business, in a sea of piled-up backpacks next to the top of Lions Express chairlift.

B次元官网网址淚t was almost like an inspection. He went to check a couple bags,B次元官网网址� Tugayli said.

B次元官网网址淎nd IB次元官网网址檓 like, B次元官网网址楾his bird is up to something here.B次元官网网址� I was actually shocked at how smart he was. He tried pulling the zippers up, and then when I started recording, by then the zipper was already open.B次元官网网址�

Receiving some harsh words on Facebook after being unable to intervene quickly enough, Tugayli said he was B次元官网网址渏ust not expecting the bird to actually steal such a big bag and fly out.B次元官网网址�

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Confirming that it would indeed be a raven and not a crow, Cypress sales and marketing director Joffrey Koeman said that they have heard of a lot of stories of this happening B次元官网网址� most notably during the Vancouver Olympics.

B次元官网网址淲e have a ton of ravens on the mountain and they are all very smart!B次元官网网址�

During the ongoing pandemic it appears the rules at Cypress are: Keep calm, wash your hands B次元官网网址� and apparently B次元官网网址� watch out for ravens.

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