2023/06/22

We all know, at least among those of us who grew up watching Winnie the Pooh, that bears have a huge sweet tooth. Further confirming this fact was a large black bear that lumbered into a Connecticut bakery last week and munched on dozens of sugary cupcakes and coconut cakes before staff chased it away. The drama happened when a worker loaded a delivery van in the garage behind Taste by Spellbound bakery in Avon Township on May 24 — leaving everything unscathed except the baked goods. "Suddenly, we hear her screaming bloody murder and then yelling 'There's a bear in the garage!'" bakery owner Miriam Hope Stephens wrote on Instagram . Employee Maureen Williams told local TV station WTNH that the bear came back three times, once charging at her in what animal experts called a "bluff." According to security footage obtained by local news from a nearby business, she retreated and the bear walked in, took a large box of cupcakes for himself, dragged it to the back of the garage and began eating.