Jul 15, 2008 1:23 pm US/Mountain
Bear Breaks Into Circuit City In Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) ―
A bear smashed its way into a Circuit City store in Colorado Springs Tuesday morning.
Police said the bear set off an alarm at the Fazoli's restaurant nearby as he was lurking around. He then apparently got scared and made his way over to the Circuit City.
The bear broke a sliding glass door at a the store, located on North Academy Boulevard, at about 7:15 a.m. (before it was open).
After that, it went inside to a customer waiting area where it was caught by surveillance cameras.
Circuit City staff found out about the break-in when supervisor Dawn Green went outside to smoke a cigarette and noticed the damaged window. Green and two other employees had been in the store at the time but hadn't heard the bear come in.
"I've seen deer, but never a bear," Green said. "I don't wish to (see one) anytime soon."
Employees thought there had been a robbery, so they checked the surveillance tape and when saw they saw the bear on the tape they alerted authorities.
The bear exited through the broken window a short time later and is now apparently back in the woods.
The Division of Wildlife was called to the scene and searched unsuccessfully for the bear in the area east of North Academy and north of Woodmen.
Greene joked that the bear probably wanted a new 72-inch LCD-screen television.
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