Bear Invades Wisconsin Grocery Store in Search of Beer

It’s no surprise that beverage culture is EXPLODING in America, I just wasn’t aware that woodland creatures had caught fine beverage fever as well.

According to an article on Fox News, Bear Makes Beer Run in Wisconsin:

Shoppers in a Wisconsin grocery store got an unexpected surprise when a 125-pound black bear wandered inside and headed straight for the beer cooler.

It calmly climbed up 12 feet onto a shelf in the beer cooler where it sat for about an hour while employees helped evacuate customers and summoned wildlife officials.

My best guess is that the bear was under 21 and was waiting for his bear friends to roll up out front in a 70s Chevy Nova before he grabbed his loot and ran, but they never showed. Just a hypothesis…

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