3 am visitor

[Gizmo285]

I was sleeping in my cabin and my wife woke me up at 3 am saying she heard noises outside the bedroom window. I had my truck parked close to the window with a contractor bag full of garbage in the back that I was going to take to the transfer station in the morning. When I looked out the window I was certainly shocked AT WHAT I SAW. I grabbed MY Nikon AND STARTED TAKING SOME PICS. The bear was in the back of my truck soting through the beer cans and food scraps and was oblivious to me. Looked like a good size. Any ideas as to age and weight? Put his paws over the side and one step and he was in. On his back legs his head was a little lower than the top of my cab and the truck is a 350..

Edited July 4, 2017 by Gizmo285
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[Doc]

What a mess! I imagine there are scratches and digs in the paint on the truck.....right?

[rachunter]

kinda ratty looking young bear,Is that a cat in the first pic by his head?

[growalot]

Oh man..I'd be ticked off..

[thphtm]

Had one empty out the garbage can 2 mornings ago and spread the bags all over the front yard.

[Arcade Hunter]

What town are you in, Gizmo?

[Core]

So hard to tell without something to scale to. Nice pics, though. I got awesome vid a few years back of a bear going into the back of my van (we were packing up to leave a camping area), grabbed marshmallow bag, walked off 30 yards and went to town on an entire bag of marshmallows.

[Gizmo285]

16 hours ago, Doc said:

What a mess! I imagine there are scratches and digs in the paint on the truck.....right?

Few scratches on the back fender.

 

[Gizmo285]

Border of Ellicottville and Little Valley.

[Gizmo285]

I was but it was cool to witness with pics as the proof......