Bear locked in B.C. car leaves ‘smelly surprise’: RCMP

Vehicle break-ins happen, but have you ever found a bear locked in your car?

That was the case for a Rossland resident over the weekend. According to the Trail and Greater District RCMP, officers received a report just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday that a bear was stuck inside the caller’s vehicle.

The RCMP says neither officers nor the owner were able to unlock the car using the vehicle’s key. Police were given permission to break the rear window of the car to get the bear out.

“Once broken, the bear departed quickly from the scene,” the RCMP explains.

In addition to an “extensively damaged” interior, Mounties say the bear also “left a small and smelly surprise in the backseat.”

The RCMP is reminding people to lock their cars “to keep out two and four-legged creatures.”