Bear Steals Oreos From Monrovia Home: Video

MONROVIA, CA — Residents of a Monrovia neighborhood have named a local bear Oreo, after its snack of choice, according to reports.

A bear was spotted leaving a house on Canyon Crest Drive with a package of the iconic cookies in its mouth, KABC reported. The animal ripped off a window screen in its efforts to get to the sweet treats, according to KTLA.

Also in recent days, a bear — unclear if it was the same one — broke into a car to get to groceries, including Oreos, reported the outlets, both of which published footage of the bear or bears in action.

“That’s why we named him Oreo,” resident Vina Khoury told KTLA. “He’s not just roaming around. He’s actually going into the houses. So now, it’s a very scary thing to leave a window open or your backyard door open or anything.”

Khoury has encountered a bear with a sweet tooth before, after one entered her garage last year and took a chocolate cake from her refrigerator, according to KABC.

Bears typically avoid confrontation with humans, but, if given access to human food or garbage, they can lose caution, cause damage and become a threat, so it is important never to feed a bear, according to the U.S. Forest Service.