Pop Quiz: B.C. bear breaks into car, slurps 69 cans of soda

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While the Boston Bruins may very well win the Stanley Cup this year, one real-life bear decided he didn’t need a cup of any sort — and elected to have his drinks straight out of the can. Last week, Sharon Rosel of Earls Cove, British Columbia packed away six cases of soda in her Chevy Tracker, intending to take them to her food truck – appropriately called “Sharon’s Grill-It” – the next morning, in order to sell to thirsty customers. But a black bear had other plans, breaking into her Tracker in the middle of the night and consuming all but three of the 72 zesty drinks.

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“He was drinking massive amounts of soda,” Rosel said in an interview with the CBC. She went on to describe how her dog roused all hands out of bed around three o’clock in the morning, barking his head off at the driveway intruder. In a hilarious bit of self-deprecating dialogue, Rosel describes trying to drive the bear away by pouring cold water on it from a balcony; when that didn’t do anything, she apparently tried explaining to the bear she needs her car for work. As a last resort, she tried intimidating the bear by sternly telling him that she is a bear hunter. All was to no avail, sadly.

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One can imagine the mess left by Mr. Bear in the Tracker, with sticky soda pop strewn around the vehicle which will probably gum up the likes of buttons and levers. Rosel humorously noted that white upholstery doesn’t match well with Orange Crush, and also that the bear ignored the large package of paper towels with which he could have cleaned up his mess.

As a resident of remote British Columbia, Rosel says she’s all too conscious of the need to be “bear-aware,” making sure to avoid leaving food scraps and open containers in spots where they could attract hungry or adventurous bears. She says it was a surprise that bears would be attracted to unopened cans of soda, a confession which makes perfect sense to us. It’s not like anyone left a Double Whopper on the seat of that little Tracker.

Crack investigators at Driving have obtained an exclusive photo of the suspect, shown below, but as of this time his identity has not been confirmed. No word if this incident will be used as a sequel to the movie Cocaine Bear, potentially called Coca-Cola Bear.