VIDEO: Bear wanders into 7-Eleven near Tahoe, frightening employee

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LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KCBS) — Everyone knows 7-Eleven is the go-to place for a late night snack – apparently even bears.

A bear opened the door of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe on Saturday, startling an employee as it casually sniffed around.

Store worker Rachelle Duscusin captured the incident on video, during which she's heard screaming at the animal to leave the premises.

However, the bear appeared undisturbed and can be seen accidentally dispensing the hand sanitizing machine with his nose.

Duscusin told Storyful the bear charged her twice while she attempted to prevent it from sifting through the garbage cans outside.

She called 911 and police eventually were able to make it go away by shooting rubber bullets at it.

The video has over 1.2 million likes and over 55.3 thousand comments on TikTok. The official 7-11 TikTok account commented on the video and joked: "He wants a raspBEARy Slurpee."

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