VIDEO: Bear jumps onto car on way to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

ByJoyeeta Biswas KFSN logo
Sunday, December 15, 2019
VIDEO: Bear jumps onto car on way to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Imagine how scared you would be if you were on the way to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park and a bear jumped up onto the trunk of your car!

FRESNO, Calif. -- Imagine how scared you would be if a bear jumped onto your car, feet away from you!

Taylor Hawkins sent KFSN a video of just that happening on Thursday afternoon.

Hawkins was on her way to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park when she had stopped in a long line of vehicles.

That's when a bear sauntered over to the car right in front of hers, took a look at the trunk, and then clambered up on top of it.

Seconds later, it got spooked, jumped down and ran off.

But it didn't go far.

The unusually fearless - or unusually hungry - bear stopped on the grass just near the edge of the road and looked back at the car for a few seconds.

Hawkins recorded the whole encounter on her phone. She says no one was hurt in the incident.

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