Bear stole my hubcaps! Newslink!

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

A filthy bear stole her hubcaps, then gave them to somebody else!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2591064/Bear-steals-hubcap-from-car---then-gives-it-back.html

A black bear surprised visitors to a safari park by stealing a hubcap from a car and then offering it to a woman driver.

Azra Noonari, 39, was shocked to encounter pilfering behaviour from the wildlife at Woburn Safari Park, having had her own hubcaps stolen at home in Luton, Beds, just weeks beforehand.

I saw it take a hubcap off the car then start walking towards us. I locked all the doors quickly, we didn’t know what it would do.

"It put the hubcap down and then banged on the window, as if it was trying to get my attention.

“It was almost like it wanted to give me the wheel cap.”

Mrs Noonari said the strange situation came only weeks after all four of her own hubcaps were taken.

She added: "Maybe the bear thought I needed the hubcap.

[Harmonious_Discord]

Momma must have been a trained carnival bear.

This is a good story.

[Duck_Duck_Goose]

Well, except for the part where the bear didn’t actually offer her the hubcap. It put the hubcap down, then banged on the window, which she decided to anthropomorphize into “as if it was trying to get my attention” and “it was almost as if it was offering me the hubcap”.

But all the bear really did was pop off a shiny thing, realize it wasn’t edible, drop it, then request food in a manner it had undoubtedly learned would work.

I’m an Evil Cynic, I know.

But yeah, “Bear Steals Hubcap” is cute.

[LurkMeister]

Maybe the bear should have been wearing a sign “Will trade hubcaps for food”

[swampbear]

What? I thought it would be a nice addition to my collection but then decided against it. Can’t a bear have a hobby without everybody wantin’ to get in on it!