The videos submitted to the insurance companies actually showed a human dressed as a bear, the department said, adding that its detectives had found a bear costume when searching the homes of the ...

who they said confirmed their hunch that they were not dealing with a particularly dexterous bear, but rather “clearly a human in a bear suit.” The movements of the supposed bear were not ...

and pushing and pulling it away from the house in a human-like manner. "Whoever dressed up as a bear and nicely rolled our trash can to the road, thank you," Breanna Hoven joked on social media.

The department had a biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife review the three videos, who concluded it was “clearly a human in a bear suit,” the insurance department said.

A bear was seen behaving rather bizarrely as footage caught the animal standing on its hind legs and impressively walking out their trash can down the driveway just like a human. Bryce and Breanna ...