A typical diet for black bears consists of berries, fruit, sedges, and insects. One bear recently branched out to add tortillas, queso and whatever else might be found in a $45 order from Taco Bell.
Laidy Gutierrez and Daniel Bula of Orlando, Fla., had seen bears around their house before. Gutierrez saw it on their Ring camera and she said she knew that it was the Taco Bell thief.
Video posted to TikTok first shows an Uber Eats driver placing the bag at the couple’s front door. Just a few moments later, it shows the bear pad up to their front door, gingerly grab the bag in its mouth and walk off – but not before returning for soda the Uber Eats driver dropped off. Gutierrez and her daughter are then seen peeking out of the door to find the porch empty.
According to a Fox 35 report, the incident took place on Nov. 3.
“He came, and he grabbed the food – then he came again for the soda,” the couple’s niece, Nicole Castro, said.
Gutierrez said the video went viral after it was posted on social media. She also said Uber Eats issued a refund for the meal.
In September, Audacy reported on another Florida black bear found hiding in a tree at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Another pair of bears in Anchorage, Alaska, went on a hunt for Krispy Kreme donuts that month.
Last year, authorities in California were on the lookout for a 500-pound black bear in California with “insatiable hunger” that broke into multiple homes looking for food.
Per the National Park Service, black bears are known to consume human food and garbage, “so it is important to make sure to keep your items locked up with bear-proof equipment,” in areas where they might live. Gutierrez said the bears are a common sight in their neighborhood.
“Bears are driven by their need to eat and with a sense of smell that can detect odors over a mile away, problems arise when bears gain access to food sources such as pet foods, garbage, barbecue grills, bird seed or even livestock feed,” said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Gutierrez said that her family won’t be letting unsecured food sit on the porch again after the incident.