{"id":665491,"date":"2026-11-03T09:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665491\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:52:31","slug":"video-group-of-bears-steal-snacks-and-beer-from-a-car-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665491\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Group of bears steal snacks and beer from a car in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A group of four black bears was caught searching inside a white pickup truck in Tennessee, where they stole snacks and a six-pack of beer.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">THE TAKEAWAY<\/p>\n<p>A group of black bears stole snacks and beer from a car in Tennessee.At one point, the couple tried to approach and scare the bears away, but the bears briefly retaliated.Black bears are omnivores that eat both plants and animals.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">GATLINBURG, Tenn. \u2013 A group of thieving black bears made a daring attempt to steal snacks and a pack of beer from a car outside a couple&#8217;s residence in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tennessee<\/a> before being scared away.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">family<\/a> of black bears was caught red-handed breaking into a white pickup truck by residents outside their home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on Oct. 14, causing a bit of destruction along the way.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/video-fisherman-grizzly-bear-alaska-river-hunting-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VIDEO: FISHERMAN AND GRIZZLY BEAR SHARE ALASKAN RIVER WHILE HUNTING FOR SALMON<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Video captured by Pam Conley shows four bears poking around inside the truck, first pulling out a bag of snacks and then a six-pack of beer, which crashed onto the driveway pavement.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/screenshot-2026-10-29-183939.png\" alt=\"Group of black bears steel food and beer from a car.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Group of black bears steel food and beer from a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Pam Conley via Storyful)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We didn\u2019t have a chance to unpack the truck yet, so of course, we had snacks in there, and they just helped themselves to granola bars, beer and Crunch \u2018n Munch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/bat-beauty-contest-underway-ultimate-winner-halloween\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FORGET SPOOKY: THESE BATS ARE COMPETING FOR THE ULTIMATE BEAUTY TITLE THIS HALLOWEEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">At one point, the couple tried to approach and scare the bears away, but the bears briefly retaliated.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/screenshot-2026-10-29-184127.png\" alt=\"Black bears steal and break a six-pack of beers.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Black bears steal and break a six-pack of beers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Pam Conley via Storyful)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Black bears are omnivores, eating both plants and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animals<\/a>. They rely heavily on their sense of smell for finding food and can smell a food source from over two miles away, according to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/national-parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Park<\/a> Service.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/list-5-us-national-parks-fall-foliage-hiking-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIST REVEALS 5 US NATIONAL PARKS WORTH VISITING WITH PICTURE-PERFECT VIEWS OF FALL FOLIAGE AND SCENIC HIKES<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">An effective way to scare a bear away is to hold your ground at a safe distance, look the bear in the eyes, raise your arms above your head to look larger and make loud noises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of four black bears was caught searching inside a white pickup truck in Tennessee, where they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2594,155207,501,85,46,6602,1115,8761,141,162529,3595,208,386],"class_list":["post-665491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-earth-space","tag-family","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nature","tag-outdoors","tag-safety","tag-science","tag-stay22","tag-tennessee","tag-us","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}