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Bear Necessities: Animal suspected of stealing 50 lbs. of sunflower seeds

Somewhere in Wisconsin there's probably a bear enjoying 50 pounds of stolen sunflower seeds AP Photo/James A. Finley

(CBS/AP) RUSSELL, Wis. - Police in Lincoln County, Wis., looking into a garage break-in last week say the thief was a real bear.

Read that first line again if you need to.

The Green Bay Press Gazette reported Monday that a Russell, Wis. man complained that someone had broken into his garage and stolen a 50-pound bag of sunflower seeds.

A baseball player, maybe?

When Lincoln County sheriff's officers investigated they found claw marks, a broken window and evidence that a (bad news) bear had dragged the bag of seeds into nearby woods. The culprit wasn't found, police said.

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