Bear burglar thwarted by cat door

 By 
Neha Prakash
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A bear burglar's attempts to ransack an Idaho home Thursday night were quickly stopped when he got his head temporarily stuck in a cat door.

Though the bear left within a few seconds -- perhaps to hatch a more devious plan to break and enter -- it gave homeowner Doug Harder enough time to take pictures of the infamous criminal, KREW reports.

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It seems the bear, or perhaps his accomplices, is a repeat offender. In May, Harder says a bear and two cubs climbed to his second-floor deck to snag some birdseed. And in early August he returned home from vacation to find a bear yearling had cracked a sliding glass door to enter his home, eat his brownie mix, Toblerone, and Pepsi, and poop on his floor.

How rude.

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