Maybe the bears in Colorado are smarter than the average bear? Maybe they are just curiouser?

The Associated Press reported --" A bear got into an empty car, honked the horn and then sent it rolling 125 feet into a thicket, with the bear still inside -- The bear managed to open the unlocked door of his 2008 Toyota Corolla early Friday and climbed inside. A peanut butter sandwich left on the back seat is probably what attracted the bear."

Peanut butter sandwich, huh? I wonder if this bear watches television? Could it be too much Yogi Bear?

Tyler Baskfield, a spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, said that bears are very smart. "It's not unusual for bears to open unlocked doors to cars and houses in search of food..It happens all the time."

Bear pretty smart, huh? Breaking into a Toyota? I bet this bear can't even read, huh? He sure doesn't read the news on the Internet. Toyotas aren't safe.

The AP reported a theory as to how the bear went on his joy ride. The joy ride may have been purely accidental.

I may have misjudged the bear.

Quote from AP --"Once inside, the bear must have knocked the shifter on the automatic transmission into neutral -- sending the car rolling backward down the inclined driveway and into the thicket. The door probably slammed shut, when the car jolted to a stop, trapping the bear inside."

Poor bear got himself trapped inside a Toyota!

The AP reported, "Neighbors had called 911, and deputies freed the bear by opening the door, with a rope from a distance. The bear then ran into the woods."

Smart bear! Got away from the Toyota! The owners of the car are complaining that the bear trashed the interior, as he tried desperately to get out of the car, and that before he left, he left "a present" on the driver's seat, a big pile of do-do. Well, darn, that bear was an auto critic.