(Trends Wide) — Taste by Spellbound, a bakery in Avon, came across the furry visitor on May 24, according to a Facebook post.
The bakery explained that a staff member was locating items in the store’s loading garage when he saw a bear in the garage.
“She ran into the kitchen as fast as she could and closed the door to the cargo area and held on tight,” the bakery wrote. “The bear then MOVED one of our refrigerators in front of the door.”
One staff member called 911 while another got in his car and honked until the bear drove off.
Police responded and the bakery owner collaborated with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, according to the Facebook post.
The bear destroyed around 60 cupcakes and a “mound of coconut cake,” the post said.
The bakery also posted video showing the bear entering the garage and emerging with what appears to be a cardboard box filled with baked goods. The bear eats the candy before the car arrives, causing the bear to retreat towards the nearby dumpsters.
“No bear will be hurt,” the bakery added in the post.
“They are more afraid of us than we are of them,” they wrote. “We’ve all had a good laugh about it right now and we think bears are cute.”
Connecticut is home to between 1,000 and 1,200 black bears, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The report says human-bear interactions have increased as the bear population has also rebounded.
The department encourages residents to manage their food, garbage and “other attractants” to keep bears out and to stay away from bears they encounter.
