Kicker: Coke Bear

NICK EICHER, HOST: May A woman in British Columbia Rosel

OK, got another bear story for you, and this one’s situated about 75 miles north of Vancouver, BC, in Canada. A small-businesswoman, food truck owner, had her Jeep loaded up with Orange Crush and diet soft drinks, and wasn’t worried about thieves, but should’ve been.

Her dog woke her up at 3am having detected the thief, a bear, climbing in and out of the Jeep with cans in his teeth. Audio here from the CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

SHARON ROSEL: He started with the orange crush and eventually the last thing he got was the diet pop.

Now you might expect Rosel to be frustrated. After all, we’re talking about 69 cans, not to mention damage to the Jeep. Not good.

But apparently she went into mama mode instead, listen to this.

ROSEL: He, he used his teeth every time, and I tried reasoning with him. I explained to him how important the car was and that I had to go to work the next morning. That didn't seem to affect him whatsoever.

Reasoning

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s hard enough reasoning with my kids in mama mode, let alone a bear on a sugar high.

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