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Bear Crashes Toddler's Birthday Party, Eats All The Cupcakes

June 27, 2014

A black bear fell through an Alaska couple's skylight while they were preparing to celebrate their child's birthday, sending the humans scurrying out the room while he feasted on cupcakes.

The home owners, Alicia Bishop and Glenn Merrill, told the Juneau Empire the bear landed in their living room.

MARLENA SLOSS / JUNEAU EMPIRE

"I was literally in the room, and I heard this cracking," Merrill told the paper, describing the sound of the skylight's plexiglass creaking under the bear. "And the next thing you know, there's this bear that, I mean, literally, fell right from (the skylight). It was like one meter away from me."

ALICIA BISHOP VIA JUNEAU EMPIRE

"The bear walks over and puts its paws up on the table and starts licking his birthday cupcakes, and I'm just like, 'You've got to be kidding me,"' Bishop told the newspaper.

The animal retreated to the woods when Merrill used bear spray. He said the bear wasn't aggressive, and seemed used to being around people.

Sources: NY Daily News, CBC News