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Bear Trapped Inside SUV Honks All Night, Which Happens Way More Often Than You Think

Does insurance cover acts of bear?

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Bears are a lot craftier than we give them credit for. As people across Japan have recently discovered, they’ll try just about anything to get into a building if there’s even a remote chance of finding food. A Colorado man recently learned they’re just as willing to break into your SUV.

KYMA reports that residents of Gold Hill spent an entire night wondering which asshole neighbor had decided to lean on their car horn until sunrise. Turns out it wasn’t a jilted lover making their ex’s life miserable or an annoyed carpool driver trying to wake up a sleepy coworker before they’re late for work — it was a bear.

A black bear had wandered into an unlocked SUV, somehow managed to shut the door behind itself, and locked itself inside. With no obvious escape plan, it spent the night stomping around the cabin, repeatedly honking the horn, probably not intentionally but for cartoonish comedic effect, let’s all collectively imagine it that way and accept it as fact in our hearts.

When daylight arrived,........

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