# Bears raid a Krispy Kreme donut shop **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361 "2023-09-19T12:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/1 "2023-09-19T12:58:07Z")
[I’m sure the mess was grizzly](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bears-raid-krispy-kreme-doughnut-van-making-deliveries-alaska-military-rcna105769). Glad I didn’t have to clean it up. This type of bear-glary can’t continue. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/2 "2023-09-19T13:13:23Z")
We’ve had bears break into our cars about 4 times now. They haven’t done any damage. Yet. Well just some scratches where they swipe at the door handle. You have to be cautious though. “Are they still in there???” What I will do is stay about twenty feet away and fire a .357 into the ground and see if that gets any activity in the car. It would rock on it’s springs a little bit if the bear moved. Then, approach cautiously, always keeping in mind what your escape route will be. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/3 "2023-09-19T13:15:26Z")
Think of the unbearable withdrawal of all the would-be patrons disappointed they couldn’t get their sugar fix that morning. They’ll be bruin the day that happened. Shame the coffee won’t be bruin either. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/4 "2023-09-19T14:15:33Z")
I asw the thread title and thought, “Which players?” I need more sleep. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/5 "2023-09-19T14:20:24Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We’ve had bears break into our cars about 4 times now. They haven’t done any damage. Yet. Well just some scratches where they swipe at the door handle. Do bears generally know how to open car doors (say, from watching other bears or watching people do it)? I guess it’s not super-different from **[cats learning to turn doorknobs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637k7R2Eyng)**. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/6 "2023-09-19T14:22:08Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We’ve had bears break into our cars about 4 times now. They haven’t done any damage. Yet. Just wait till they learn how to drive, though. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/7 "2023-09-19T14:23:59Z")
That would be, “Da Bears.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/8 "2023-09-19T15:10:24Z")
I was going to ask that. I wouldn’t think they would have much experience watching someone open a car door. Perhaps it is just something to take a swat at since it is the only thing on the smooth door. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/9 "2023-09-19T15:49:07Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I asw the thread title and thought, “Which players?” Yeah, I was going to say the way they played those first two games of the season, the last thing they should be doing is breaking their training diet like that. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/10 "2023-09-19T16:02:49Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Do bears generally know how to open car doors Most cars have the “pull the handle and the door opens” If they swipe at it enough, a claw will catch something on the car. Do it once, and now they know how to get into cars. We have been told not to lock the car, because they will just rip the handle off. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/11 "2023-09-19T17:34:36Z")
The article linked in the OP also said that, after scarfing down to their heart’s content, the bears took a little nap in the van. So it’s sort of a reverse Goldilocks situation. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/12 "2023-09-19T18:48:08Z")
Donuts beat porridge any day. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-raid-a-krispy-kreme-donut-shop/990361/13 "2023-09-19T19:07:58Z")
That just makes them smarter than the average bear.