{"id":13185,"date":"2023-07-27T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=13185"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:49:21","slug":"chocolate-obsessed-500-pound-bear-repeatedly-steals-candy-from-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/chocolate-obsessed-500-pound-bear-repeatedly-steals-candy-from-gas-station\/","title":{"rendered":"500-Pound Bear Repeatedly Steals Candy From Gas Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunnyskyz.com\/happy-videos\/12507\/Chocolate-Obsessed-500-Pound-Bear-REPEATEDLY-Steals-Candy-From-Gas-Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SunnySkyz.com\">SunnySkyz.com<\/a> | June 22, 2023 | 500-Pound Bear | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/business-insurance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Business Insurance\">Business Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chocolate-Obsessed 500-Pound Bear REPEATEDLY Steals Candy From Gas Station<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In an unusual turn of events, a mischievous bear has been causing quite a stir in Lake Tahoe, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bear&#8217;s exploits first came to light when a surveillance camera captured footage of the furry culprit stealthily entering the convenience store during the late hours of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After scaring the employee off, he made his way to the candy aisle, grabbed a bag os Snickers, and took off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But once he got a taste of chocolate, he kept coming back for more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"500-POUND Bear REPEATEDLY Steals Candy from Gas Station | Customer Wars | A&amp;E\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xApoL_UdFvM?start=111&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From CBS NEWS: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Could it be the same 500-Pound Bear doing home break-ins? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hank-the-tank-500-pound-bear-possibly-innocent-tahoe-area-home-break-ins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Meet Hank the Tank\">Meet Hank the Tank<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>South Lake Tahoe, California<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 DNA evidence now shows that a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hank-the-tank-bear-south-lake-tahoe-police-inundated-calls\/\">500-pound black bear the public had nicknamed &#8220;Hank the Tank&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 blamed for breaking into dozens of homes across the Tahoe Keys area \u2014 may be innocent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday said there were three other bears responsible for damaging more than 30 properties that were originally linked solely to Hank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency will soon begin trapping bears in the South Lake Tahoe area to tag the animals and collect evidence for genetic analysis. The bears will be released in a &#8220;suitable habitat&#8221; and the agency said no trapped animals will be euthanized as part of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bears are responsible for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/south-lake-tahoe-bear-california-hank-the-tank-breaks-into-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 150 incident reports<\/a>&nbsp;in the region straddling Northern California and Nevada, including a break-in at a residence in the Tahoe Keys neighborhood last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fish and Wildlife has concluded that Hank may not even be responsible for any of the break-ins over the last seven months, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Hank is not the culprit,&#8221; Bear League Director Ann Bryant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hank-the-tank-bear-south-lake-tahoe-police-inundated-calls\/\">told CBS San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Just like they say in the murder shows &#8212; you can&#8217;t argue with DNA!&#8221; 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