When it emerged from a dumpster outside an elementary school in West Virginia growling and roaring, a black bear gave the principal quite the alarm.
James Marsh, the principal of Zela Elementary School, was shocked to learn that despite installing a lock bar, the bear had still managed to enter the dumpster over the weekend.
The bear started prying up the dumpster lid Monday as Marsh unlocked it.
In a phone conversation with Marsh on Tuesday, he added, “That will wake a person up.” If you aren’t awake already, that was at 7:15 in the morning.
As soon as the bear’s head appeared, Marsh sprinted away.
The encounter was captured on a school security camera and has since been extensively shared on social media. The bear then jumped out and rushed away.
He appeared to be just as terrified as I was, Marsh remarked. “He might not be coming back.”
After discovering several torn-open garbage bags outside, the school in Nicholas County, about 70 miles (112 km) east of the state capital of Charleston, placed the lock on the dumpster last week.
It was so large he claimed it could continuously drag the lock bar in and out all weekend.
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources changed the lock due to Marsh’s experience.
Marsh remarked, “We’ll see how it performs. “He didn’t return last night,” she said.
A school principal in West Virginia got the fright of his life, when a bear suddenly jumped out of a dumpster he had been trying to open pic.twitter.com/ei9y8g6iDr
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 2, 2023
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