And This Is Why I Don't Have Pumpkins On My Porch
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (92637)
United States
October 29, 2026 9:15am CST
I know a lot of people decorate for Fall and Halloween with all sorts of beautiful displays to simple little things.
I heard about this from a friend of a friend.
This person has her porch all decorated for Fall with mums and a few pumpkins. It really looks pretty and I've seen the pictures on Facebook.
Well, seems that the other night a mama bear and 2 babies came along and decided that her pumpkins looked tempting. They stole them off the porch, dragged them into her driveway, proceeded to rip them apart, eat their fill, and then left the mess in her driveway.
She caught it all on her ring camera.
We have lots of woods and wildlife in my neighborhood and we've seen bear sightings on occasion.
I certainly wouldn't want to get a notice on my ring camera and find bears on my porch. I'm happy with my few little mums for Fall decorations.
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What a shame. We also have a lot of wildlife here, no bears, but wild boars always make a big mess.
@LadyDuck (505050)
• Italy
14h
@Marilynda1225 - The wild boars dig with their big tusks, they really make a big mess. I have seen two foxes this morning, they are cute.
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@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
14h
We don't have any wild boars here but the bears have become more frequent in our area. Usually in my neighborhood it's the deer that cause all the problems with people gardens.
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@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
14h
We're surrounded by woods and farms here but bears walking down our streets in pretty new. Gues they are misplaced due to all the building going on and community of houses taking up their habitat,
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@rebelann (118947)
• El Paso, Texas
13h
You're right @Marilynda1225 it's so sad really because far too many people want them killed simply because they want to survive and have no where to find food other than our suburbs etc
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@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
1h
Seeing that on my camera would have both scared and surprised me
@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
1h
We have a lot of deer here and they do wreck people's gardens. Its just been recently that there have been bear sightings here.
@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
1h
Bears can be very destructive when it comes to finding food. I enjoy seen many videos of bears breaking into cars looking for food.
@wolfgirl569 (141933)
• Marion, Ohio
7h
No bears here. The deer will eat on them sometimes but where I set them they don't. It's close to the dog run
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@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
1h
It would make sense the deer wouldn't want to mess with the dogs
@snowy22315 (214293)
• United States
14h
I had raccoons get into mine before. A bear would surprise and scare me..but I wouldn't be shocked. I suspect they are in the vicinity although they have rarely been seen in this development. Like skunks, I have never seen one here. Although doesn't mean they aren't here
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@RasmaSandra (101884)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7h
Well the poor bears were hungry. Being an animal lover I would put some food near the woods for them,
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@moffittjc (128746)
• Gainesville, Florida
8h
I switched over to fake/plastic pumpkins and metal yard stake pumpkins a couple of years ago. I also live near the woods and we have lots of wildlife in the area. Plus, real pumpkins tend to rot pretty quickly in the Florida heat and humidity.
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@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
1h
It is extremely rude of them to leave such a mess 
I would probably have been both scared and surprised to see them stealing the pumpkins
I would probably have been both scared and surprised to see them stealing the pumpkins
@LooeyVille (96)
• United States
13h
I actually think having bears in my yard would be AWESOME!
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@Marilynda1225 (92637)
• United States
14h
She should put it on Tik Tok. I bet it would get lots of views
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@Traceyjayne (14903)
• United Kingdom
14h
Luckily we don’t have bears here .
I do get pumpkins but not for decoration ….for cakes and soups.
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@JohnRoberts (108495)
• Los Angeles, California
14h
Around here the raccoons would probably attack pumpkins.
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@eLdav1s (1063)
• Nigeria
1h
Your situation is pretty understandable. With lots of wildlife around, it's best not to do things that would attract them to you, 'cause trust me, they will keep coming back, hoping to see more.
