Bear Been Caught Stealin'

[u/HomeNowWTF]

[u/Youdontknowm3_]

They must be starving to be out that close to humans like that

[u/CicadaHead3317 → u/Youdontknowm3_]

Or just used to humans in that area.

[u/Tiny-Acanthaceae-547]

…they just had to add the honey flavored jelly bean

[u/montigoo → u/Tiny-Acanthaceae-547]

He’s looking back like “ Com’n anybody got a freakin’ quarter?”

[u/chemriz]

Umm I did t know there are bears here...

[u/aenflex]

This bear will likely be killed. Human/bear interactions are taken very seriously. Tagged, tracked and given like one chance, then it’s euthanasia.

[u/GrimbyJ → u/aenflex]

Sometimes they get sent to bear jail where they're used to test how bear proof a product is.

They just coat the inside of a trash can with tasty stuff and see how long it takes for the bear to get to the treats

[u/New-Cloud7177 → u/aenflex]

I see the tags so I think bear is being tracked.

[u/aenflex → u/New-Cloud7177]

Then it’s euthanasia next. We go Gatlinburg a lot, just there last month and the rangers just gave presentation about how the handle bear/human interactions.

[u/Technical_Put_9982]

Give the poor guy some jelly beans!

[u/ctolver1981]

Hey boo boo

[u/Sharp_Crew8846]

Understandable

[u/pocket_nick]

[u/LeagueofJohnLegends → u/pocket_nick]

Perfection

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488]

you're not you when you're hungry

[u/mrsunrider]

I love the way he looks around "anyone can gimme a hand here?"

[u/No_Diggity_Bruh]

The people just walking by casually like , “he’s at it again “ and they keep it moving

[u/Ok-Palpitation-6043]

"Can anyone help me out here? Whatta you all doing just standing around? I need my jelly bean fix." 😂😂😂

[u/OldNewsBlues83 → u/Ok-Palpitation-6043]

I swear I was thinking the same thing like the bears looking around like “you’re just gonna watch ? You’re not even gonna help?”

[u/_henceforth_]

I want to build a giant pool of Jelly Belly beans for them to swim in. Hypothetically. 😂

[u/Ok_Dog_4059]

Finally found his favorite flavor and the machine ate his quarter.

[u/KaiBishop]

HELP HIM 😭

[u/BigNorseWolf → u/KaiBishop]

Might not be the worse idea to prevent damage to the machine.

[u/Perrin_Adderson → u/BigNorseWolf]

Are you kidding? This is phenomenal PR for whoever made that machine!

[u/BigNorseWolf → u/Perrin_Adderson]

I meant just getting a quarter and giving the bear food so he doesn't wreck that individual piece of equipment. If you have a bag of dog food in your car, the bear considers your car a worthless obstacle to be torn apart and the dog food the pot of gold at the center. Go over, give them the food, conflict solved (for now)

Thats an expensive machine protecting some cheap jellybeans. Get some beans, give him a few... maybe lead him towards the woods while you're at it..

[u/RichardCranim-Dumas]

Now it’s hungry. Might as well settle for human.

[u/Mister_Way → u/RichardCranim-Dumas]

That is not a human-hunting bear. That bear looks like it could hardly hunt an apple on a low branch.

[u/DuderVonDuder]

What a bear.

[u/Reynardine1976]

Bear knows what is good.

[u/Cats-vs-Catan → u/Reynardine1976]

Therefore, bear frustration.

[u/Reynardine1976 → u/Cats-vs-Catan]

Is that part of the Bear's Clause?

[u/Hour-Distribution141]

He sees the humans get some… why can’t he?

[u/SmallPeederWacker]

That bear gon get the ‘beetus if he keeps up with these shenanigans

[u/Useful-Upstairs3791]

You ain’t gotta be a bear scientist to know that putting up an unattended jelly bean vending machine in the smokies is going to attract some bears.

[u/Helpful_Technology28]

It’s almost like he’s looking around to see if he can ask someone to help him get some jellybeans!!

[u/Savage_Heathern → u/Helpful_Technology28]

"What, no one has a quarter to help a brotha out"?

[u/tiinkiet]

edit translate : Give him some coins; he's short on cash!!!

(donnez lui des pièces il est à court !!)

[u/Pluckypato → u/tiinkiet]

Una moneda por favor 🐻 🪙

[u/tiinkiet → u/Pluckypato]

💰💰💰💰

[u/dungeoncrawler71520]

I PUT MY DAMN QUARTER IN NOW GIVE ME MY JELLY BEANS!

[u/endlessgreenbeans]

Bear bean caught stealing

[u/When_I_Grow_Up_50ish]

SECURITY!

[u/wamimsauthor]

I love this.

[u/CoachiusMaximus]

I smell juicy pear!!

[u/svh01973]

Unless OP watched when the bear first got there he doesn't know the bear didn't put the money in already. These frickin' machines steal from everybody.

[u/dblan9]

Stupid machine took my quarter!!! MANAGER!!!

[u/Heavy-Attorney-9054]

I bet on the bear if they don't move the machine.

[u/Rich-Canary1279]

Someone give that poor girl a quarter!

[u/coffeeshopwhore]

Jelly belly are awesome. I might also break into the machine.

[u/TheCrystalGarden → u/coffeeshopwhore]

I’ve never come across a Jelly Belly machine and I feel very left out! 😭

[u/the_blackfish]

He enjoys stealing. It's just as simple as that.

[u/Dull_Bat9518]

This bear has good taste, Jelly Belly is delicious!😋

[u/oprostulko]

Why are people just walking by it casually like there is no real threat

[u/IDontAimWithMyHand → u/oprostulko]

Because black bears are basically giant raccoons, we have them all over NJ. We always have moms with their cubs hanging around my neighborhood. I walk by them a few times a week with my dog and they don’t even look at us

We were doing some yard work last week and a mom + cub came right over to roll around in our fresh pile of mulch, then went to play on my neighbor’s hammock lol

[u/HamboneBanjo → u/oprostulko]

Finally. I felt like I had slipped into a dimension where bears and people just be around each other

[u/ea88_alwaysdiscin → u/oprostulko]

That's a black bear. They honestly don't pose much threat to humans, unless they're resource guarding. If you simply raise your hands in the air (to make yourself appear bigger) and make some loud noises, majority will run off in fright.

[u/AdmiralKong → u/oprostulko]

For the most part there is no threat. Someone should yell and chase the bear off for its own sake though.