Bear-ly got to bed...

[Hillcountry]

We were rousted from our warm bed at midnight last night by some bumps in the night outside our door. Flashlight and revolver in hand, I went down to investigate and found our trash barrel tipped over and squashed on one side.
Bear visited and actually took the one bag of garbage and absconded into the rainy night. We never saw it but this morning when on our morning walk with the dog we found the crime scene...the bear had carried the bag thirty yards up the hill behind the house, just out of sight and had his way with our trash.
Surely, it was there as I was shining the flashlight around barefoot in the rain.
First time in 6 years this has happened but now we will keep trash out of sight in the garage! I’ll put out a game camera to see if we can catch the culprit...