Bear skips veggies for chocolate in US home

Deputies say a bear with an apparent sweet tooth broke into a San Bernardino County home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from a couple's refrigerator. Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Alsky says the couple arrived home on Saturday afternoon, found the bear chowing down in their kitchen and phoned for help.

Deputies say a bear with an apparent sweet tooth broke into a San Bernardino County home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from a couple's refrigerator. Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Alsky says the couple arrived home on Saturday afternoon, found the bear chowing down in their kitchen and phoned for help.

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The bear fled before sheriff's deputies arrived. Alsky says the animal appeared to have pushed aside vegetables in the couple's fridge and gone straight for the two-pound (kilo) box of sweets.

He says the bear also tried to open a bottle of champagne but was not successful.