{"id":599437,"date":"2026-04-22T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599437\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:07:12","slug":"bear-cam-shows-connecticut-bear-stealing-doritos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599437\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear cam shows Connecticut bear stealing Doritos"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Bear cam’ records the moment a bear scored a bag of Doritos from a Connecticut porch<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:00 AM CDT Apr 22, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA bear cam in Connecticut captured a bear poking around a back porch in search of food before making off with an open bag of Doritos, WFSB reports.Connecticut\u2019s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or DEEP, set up the bear collar cameras.The footage shows the bear approaching the porch and eventually taking the Doritos, which appear to be the Cool Ranch flavor.Connecticut reported more than 12,000 bear-human interactions in 2025, and several towns have already topped 100 bear-human interactions this year, WFSB reports.See the video in the player above.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t(Video: WFSB, CT DEEP, CNN via CNN Newsource) \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A bear cam in Connecticut captured a bear poking around a back porch in search of food before making off with an open bag of Doritos, WFSB reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

Connecticut\u2019s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or DEEP, set up the bear collar cameras.<\/p>\n

The footage shows the bear approaching the porch and eventually taking the Doritos, which appear to be the Cool Ranch flavor.<\/p>\n

Connecticut reported more than 12,000 bear-human interactions in 2025, and several towns have already topped 100 bear-human interactions this year, WFSB reports.<\/p>\n

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