WINSTED, Conn. — Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting.
Outside the car, a second cub ran in apparent distress around the Connecticut home. A bear that broke into a car is visible through the vehicle's front window in this July 15 photo in Winsted, Conn. It was the first of three episodes involving bears in Connecticut over six days, another sign of the increasing black bear population in the state.
State environmental conservation police were called by the startled vehicle owner on the morning of July 15. They opened a door, and the two bears ran off into the woods safe and sound with the third bear. The car's interior, however, wasn't so fortunate: It was completely torn apart.
The incident in Winsted, in the state's northwest corner not far from Massachusetts, was documented in photos and video taken by the car's owner, who captured images of the bears in the car and the resulting destruction on a cellphone. Officials believe they got in the vehicle by opening a door, but it's not clear how the door then closed. People are also reading.
.. Over a week, there have been three episodes involving bears in Connecticut that were publicly reported by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection — another sign of the increasing black bear population in the state.
Officials believe the bears got in the vehicle by opening a door, but it's not clear how the door then closed. On Saturday, a woma.