Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Police in California shared video of a black bear found trying to pull a cart from the return area of a Safeway store parking lot.
The Placer County Sheriff's Office posted a video to Facebook showing Deputy Shaw attempting to use a flashlight to annoy the bear into leaving the store parking lot in Tahoe City.
"Deputy Shaw took found this black bear at the Lighthouse Center trying to free a shopping cart, so he could pick up a few groceries," the department joked.
The bear repeatedly struggles with the carts in an apparent attempt to free one before giving up and wandering away.