Black bear crashes Easter egg hunt, eats candy

A Windsor, Connecticut, family had an unexpected guest on Easter Sunday when two black bears came to join in on a backyard Easter egg hunt.

Jennifer Lopez and her husband saw a bear eating candy out of their Easter eggs, according to a report by WFSB in Connecticut.

“All of a sudden, I hear shuffling or leaves, assuming it was the squirrels or chipmunks. However I was in for an awakening when I looked up and saw a mother bear with her cub. She worked her way to the eggs and started eating the chocolate,” Lopez told the news station.

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) told the station that bears become unafraid of people when they have easy access to people’s food. The department also said the first priority should be safety rather than taking a photo or video of a bear, when one is encountered, according to the report.

“Black bears should never be fed — either intentionally or unintentionally,” said Jenny Dickson, DEEP Wildlife Division Director in a department release. “Bears that are attracted to homes by easily accessible foods lose their fear of humans.”