A black bear and her three cubs got a helping hand from a human.
The cubs decided to go dumpster diving for food but were unable to get out.
“They know how to open the latch to the dumpster,” Shirley Schenk, a woman helped rescue the bears, told ABC News.
“This mother is notorious in the neighborhood.”
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Video footage of the incident has periodically gone viral over the past five or so years.
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“I was not scared,” Shirley Schenk said of encountering the bears. “I had my husband driving and I knew we'd drop it and go. … I would have never done that on foot.”
Her husband backed their truck to the dumpster and Shirley lowered the ladder. The cubs then climbed out.
“Any time I see them I just go the other direction on purpose, unless we’re playing rescue ranger,” she said.
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According to Bear.org, “Black bears have killed 61 people across North America since 1900. This no longer worries me. My chances of being killed by a domestic dog, bees, or lightning are vastly greater. My chances of being murdered are 60,000 times greater. One of the safest places a person can be is in the woods.”