--- title: Hungry Halloween Bear Steals Pumpkin and No Gourd Is Safe description: This bear is ready for Halloween. canonical: https://time.com/5695111/bear-steals-pumpkin/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-08T14:48:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:43.973Z og:title: Hungry Halloween Bear Steals Pumpkin and No Gourd Is Safe og:description: This bear is ready for Halloween. og:url: https://time.com/5695111/bear-steals-pumpkin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte81d5434d078cecd/698a03f6656a3f401cbd9075/bearpumpkin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bear Holding Jack O Lantern By Rocks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hungry Halloween Bear Steals Pumpkin and No Gourd Is Safe twitter:description: This bear is ready for Halloween. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte81d5434d078cecd/698a03f6656a3f401cbd9075/bearpumpkin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Halloween Prankster Bear Saunters Up to House to Steal Pumpkin and No Festive Gourd Is Safe. Intentions Are Unclear. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 8, 2019 2:48 PM UTC  Ed Gregory / EyeEm;Getty Images/EyeEm by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 8, 2019 2:48 PM UTC If there’s anything to be learned from countless hours spent watching _Winnie the Pooh_ as a child, it’s this: Bears [really like honey](https://time.com/5664393/bear-beekeeper-video/). Turns out that when [honey](https://time.com/5558811/bear-steals-honey/) isn’t available, peckish bears will happily grab a pumpkin. At least that’s the takeaway from a video making the rounds on Facebook, showing a black bear making off with someone’s decorative gourd. As Halloween approaches and humans start decorating their porches with pumpkins and squash, at least one bear sees those seasonally appropriate displays as a snack bar. Christopher Schayer sent their [local NBC News](https://www.facebook.com/WFSB3/videos/1278470912355707/?permPage=1) affiliate a video of a crime against pumpkins in progress. “A pumpkin thief is on the loose in Canton!” [WFSB-TV](https://www.facebook.com/WFSB3/videos/1278470912355707/?permPage=1)[ wrote in a Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/WFSB3/videos/vb.53108014196/1278470912355707/?type=2&theater) on Monday. The video shows a bear sauntering up to a porch and grabbing a pumpkin like a to-go snack, rolling it off the porch and down the street in [suburban](https://time.com/4006334/bear-cubs-pool-party-new-jersey/) Canton, Connecticut. While it’s unclear what the bear’s intentions are towards the pumpkin (will it eat the pumpkin or will it use it to decorate its den?) one thing is clear: If a bear comes to your door on Halloween, it might not be wearing a costume. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5695111/bear-steals-pumpkin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5695111/bear-steals-pumpkin/"},"headline":"Halloween Prankster Bear Saunters Up to House to Steal Pumpkin and No Festive Gourd Is Safe. 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