Bears Can’t Drive Toyotas

A bear crashed a Toyota after breaking into it to steal its pickanick basket containing one peanut butter and jelly sammich. It knocked the car into neutral and went careening downhill, leaning on the horn, before crashing into the woods below, where the bear obviously realized how freakin’ awesome that whole experience was!

From the DenverPost here:

17-year-old son Ben, who usually drives the car, had left a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and a deodorant in the car, which is probably what attracted the bear, according to officials who talked to Story.

Early in the morning a black bear opened an unlocked car door. After he got in, the door closed behind him, Story said.

The Storys believe that as the bear shuffled around the car looking for a way out, he bumped into the gear shift and put the automatic transmission into neutral, sending the car rolling 125 feet back down a hill. It hit a few trees before coming to a stop in some brush.

The 2008 Toyota Corolla is being called a total loss, Story said. The interior is ripped up, the dashboard was torn out, the windshield is broken, and the airbags went off, he said.

“It was a big bear, full grown. It took up both front seats in the car,” Story said. The insurance company will cover the damage.

Reminds me of one of my favorite FarSide cartoons:

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