Overview
- A state-fitted camera on a bear’s collar recorded the animal searching a Connecticut back porch and leaving with an open bag of Doritos.
- Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection set up the collar cameras to monitor bear behavior from the animal’s point of view.
- State data show more than 12,000 bear–human interactions in 2025, with several towns already topping 100 reports this year.
- News outlets shared the short clip and credited WFSB, CT DEEP and CNN via CNN Newsource.
- The footage underscores how easy access to human food can prompt visits to porches and patios, a simple factor that increases close encounters.