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A female black bear that wondered near Lyons Elementary School in Lyons Co., prompting authorities to sedate and tag the bear. 
A bear had barely gotten its bearings after sneaking into a car in Colorado on Thursday when it “apparently butt-shifted” into neutral and rolled 100 feet down a hill, police said.
During the Independence Day joyride, the car clipped a tree, popping open a door that allowed the bear to scamper out after the excursion, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
“Here’s a good reminder to keep your car doors locked, especially in bear country,” the sheriff’s office said in the post, which included a picture of the damaged vehicle.
It also served as another reminder why bears shouldn’t get behind the wheel.
In 2014, a bear in Colorado was spotted going berserk inside a black sedan and ripping up passenger seats.
