David Bridges
Black Bear
Raids Lake Tahoe Ice Cream Parlor
Published August 24, 2025 5:50 PM PDT
Highlights
- Incident: A bear invaded an ice cream parlor in Lake Tahoe.
- Bear’s Name: The bear, nicknamed “Fuzzy,” sampled various ice cream flavors.
- Response: Deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office were called to handle the situation.
- Outcome: No damage occurred, but the shop had to replace their ice cream stock.
A bear walks into an ice cream parlor … it’s not the start of a joke, it really happened!!!
A black bear nicknamed “Fuzzy” found its way into the Ice Cream Shop at Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe and made its way behind the counter … sampling a bunch of sweets before getting busted in the act.
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says deputies could barely believe their eyes when they saw the bear inside … and they shooed Fuzzy away into the wilderness.
Photos show the bear in the shop … and the New York Times reports Fuzzy tasted a bunch of flavors and left half-eaten tubs of ice cream behind.
Fortunately, the bear didn’t cause any damage and the wild animal went inside the business when it was closed in the middle of night.
The ice cream parlor says they had to replace their stock … but good luck getting Fuzzy to pay!!!
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