CCTV shows black bear taking 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery – video

Surveillance footage shared on social media shows a black bear entering a bakery's garage in Connecticut, taking a box of 60 cupcakes and eating them. Workers at Taste by Spellbound, in the town of Avon, are seen trying to scare the bear and then running away moments later, scared themselves. Police officers were called and no one was injured. There are 1,000 to 1,200 black bears living in Connecticut, the state environmental agency says, with sightings recorded last year in 158 of the state's 169 towns and cities.

• Black bear takes 60 cupcakes from US bakery, scaring staff