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08-09-2011, 08:21 AM
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Bear takes California family's Prius for a spin, leaves it wrecked
From: NewsCore September 07, 2011 2:23PM A bear has made off with a family's 2002 Toyota Prius near Lake Tahoe. Source: Supplied THE McCarthy family of Pleasanton, California, have an unusual explanation for how their 2002 Toyota Prius got totalled over the northern summer. In short, a bear took the vehicle for a spin from the driveway of their west Lake Tahoe cabin, the Contra Costa Times said. It seems the bear got into the car easily enough, but once inside became stuck, and got mad about it - ripping seats open, biting a chunk out of the steering wheel and damaged the gear box, which shifted the car into neutral. Awakened by noise from the 3.30am raid, the family watched from the safety of the cabin as the Prius slowly started rolling out of the slightly sloped driveway. Picking up speed, it rolled across the street, hopped a small rock wall and finally came to stop on the porch steps of a neighbour's house. Brian McCarthy, 61, said he did not know why the bear, which escaped back into the woods, would want to get in the car in the first place. "The car was completely closed," he said. "There wasn't any food in there. The only things in there were a beach towel, some CDs and a few phone chargers." The South Lake Tahoe Police Department's Lieutenant David Stevenson said they got calls about bears often, but McCarthy's August 28 situation was a bit different. "Normally, you'll get reports of the Dumpster divers and trash divers, but bears breaking into cars is different."
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08-09-2011, 08:49 AM
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See, even nature hates the Prius. Good bear.
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08-09-2011, 09:31 AM
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Toyota quality, it couldnt stop, not the bears fault.
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08-09-2011, 10:56 AM
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This used to be a nice neighbourhood. now they've got bear gangs roving the streets stealing cars and spraying graffiti!!
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08-09-2011, 11:47 AM
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Maybe he was going to get his pic-a-nic basket?
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08-09-2011, 12:01 PM
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Opened thread expecting Bear Grylls to have trashed a Prius. Clearly I was wrong!
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08-09-2011, 12:03 PM
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What a funny ole fellow is Humphrey
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08-09-2011, 12:05 PM
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Bear-ly believable.
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08-09-2011, 12:09 PM
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where is the bear patrol when you need it?
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08-09-2011, 12:14 PM
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Does a bear poo in the woods? Apparently not! Pruis is now it's preferred location
Would have loved to have heard the call to the police....my car has just been stolen...by a bear! 
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08-09-2011, 12:33 PM
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08-09-2011, 02:00 PM
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How did he fit in there?
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08-09-2011, 02:35 PM
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 i thought this was about Bear Grilles.
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08-09-2011, 02:39 PM
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08-09-2011, 04:32 PM
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And to think they wanted the right to arm bears.
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08-09-2011, 04:36 PM
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If it happened in Australia, the bear would have also been booked for hooning!
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08-09-2011, 06:00 PM
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i dont see the big deal in this, there was bear-ly any damage?
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08-09-2011, 06:03 PM
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it must have been un-bear-able to watch your puris getting damaged.
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08-09-2011, 07:26 PM
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08-09-2011, 09:42 PM
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How long before the Bear Sues Toyota for sudden acceleration........
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the Homer tax |
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09-09-2011, 01:03 AM
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Good bear would've done the same thing
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09-09-2011, 03:47 PM
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Can just see it now on A Current Affair... The bear will claim the cruise control got stuck and he couldn't stop the car...
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Bear takes California family's Prius for a spin, leaves it wrecked
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