Colorado Bear Climbs Into Truck, Eating Handyman’s Lunch in Steamboat Springs
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 30
Colorado Bear Climbs Into Truck, Eating Handyman’s Lunch in Steamboat Springs
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 30
Summary
June 23 footage from Steamboat Springs showed a bear cub sitting in Andy Kerrigan’s truck and eating the 52-year-old handyman’s lunch when he returned for water.
Kerrigan said he opened the passenger-side door and found the cub “sitting shotgun,” then pulled out his phone to take pictures before banging on the truck to scare it away.
A one-minute garage-camera video at the duplex where Kerrigan was working captured the encounter after homeowner Justin Pickar received a text urging him to check the footage.
The episode unfolded in Steamboat Springs, a northern Colorado ski-resort city, turning an ordinary lunch break into a widely shared wildlife encounter.