Bear steals a package from the front porch in Washington state

Bear in Ocean Springs Washington steals a package from a front porch

By George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (115018)

Lake Charles, Louisiana

October 5, 2025 5:00pm CST

Officials with the Washington State Department and Wildlife shared tips on what residents of Ocean Shores not to leave their packages in the front porch of their homes since bears will see the package and think that is food for them to eat. A black bear saw a package on the front porch of the home in Ocean Springs on Monday September 29. The bear decided to steal the package away from the resident only to find out that the package had a sweater inside the package. Lesson to be learned is that bears will steal packages that are left in the front porch of any resident since they do not have x ray vision like members of the Superman family. Link is upi.com/5811759261534 via @upi

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@innertalks (23221)

• Australia

5 Oct

Perhaps, the bear will try to fit the sweater onto one of its cubs, as I doubt if it would affect Mama bear.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

That is true.

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@jstory07 (146075)

• Roseburg, Oregon

6 Oct

Maybe the sweater will fit the bear and he will wear it.

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@crossbones27 (51325)

• Mojave, California

6 Oct

No one shoots a bear when it has a sweater on. I am telling you Miss Judy these bears getting pretty smart.

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@jstory07 (146075)

• Roseburg, Oregon

6 Oct

@crossbones27 Yes they are.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

That is true.

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@AmbiePam (104133)

• United States

6 Oct

I’d feel better about things if a bear stole my package rather than a human thief. Human thieves tick me off.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

I am in agreement with you that human thieves are meaner than animal thieves.

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@xstitcher (35957)

• Petaluma, California

9 Oct

Oh, my. Now we have Ursuline kleptomaniacs?

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

9 Oct

@RebeccasFarm (93687)

• Arvada, Colorado

6 Oct

Haha well I hope it had food in it.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

@rakski (149180)

• Philippines

6 Oct

oh my, the bear must be hungry

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

That what I was thinking myself.

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@rakski (149180)

• Philippines

6 Oct

@Deepizzaguy it can only be that, right?

@celticeagle (180459)

• Boise, Idaho

6 Oct

Sounds like some residents of Ocean Shores need to read up on keeping food safe from bears.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

I am in agreement with you that residents need to learn from their mistakes dealing with bears and leaving packages on the front porch.

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@RasmaSandra (89737)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

6 Oct

The bear was hoping to get some food, Poor bear,

@JudyEv (363834)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct

Bears seem to be very opportunistic thieves.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

I have noticed that in the behavior of bears.

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@LindaOHio (203174)

• United States

6 Oct

Bears get very bold when it comes to possible food.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

That is true since bears are the real life version of Yogi Bear.

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65559)

• Serbia

6 Oct

I know bears are dangerous, but I love them.

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@Deepizzaguy (115018)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct

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