# Bear Steals Restaurant Dumpster. Twice.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 4, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319 "2013-08-04T13:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319/1 "2013-08-04T13:58:46Z")

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This is just a couple of miles from my place but I heard about it from [the LOLcat site](http://cheezburger.com/7712443392).

[Bear Steals Restaurant Dumpster Twice In a Row](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-57596836-10391705/bear-steals-restaurants-dumpster-twice-in-a-row/)

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> (CBS News) I order take-out from restaurants from time to time, but this is just ridiculous: a hungry bear in Colorado Springs, Colo., decided to go further than just a little dumpster-diving by stealing a whole dumpster – two nights in a row! Watch one of the heists unfold in the video above.
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> As reported by CBS-affiliate KCNC in Denver, “The bear was targeting the dumpster behind the Edelweiss Restaurant, a Colorado Springs landmark known for its German cuisine.” The owner had set up surveillance cameras to try and capture vandals, but much to his surprise, ended up capturing footage of a whole different kind of vandal (and species!) than he ever expected. I don’t know about you, but I’d say this bear is definitely way “smarter than the average bear!”

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319/2 "2013-08-04T14:25:42Z")

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That is one big pik-a-nik basket!

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319/3 "2013-08-04T14:35:19Z")

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I wonder what was going through the bear’s mind. “I’ll just take this big box back to my den and I can eat for a week!”

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-steals-restaurant-dumpster-twice/665319/4 "2013-08-04T15:20:16Z")

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It’s all fun and games until that bear is seen pushing that dumpster along the streets of the city, filled with empty bottles, to feed his Clover-Honey habbit.

Just another bear. Hooked on [smack](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17600000/Winnie-the-Pooh-winnie-the-pooh-17669963-1024-768.jpg).