Elementary School Principal Gets Surprise of His Life From Dumpster Diving Bear
An elementary school principal in West Virginia became an unexpected celebrity to his students at Zela Elementary School when he encountered a giant black bear dumpster diving on school property. The principal, James Marsh, can be seen taking off as soon as he spots this big boy doing his Oscar The Grouch imitation. The poor bear totally does the same.
Reporter @LeslieRubin86 posted the following clip to her TikTok account of the hilarious encounter. We bet the principal will be eating out on this story for years!
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We love how that one lady just slammed the door and nope'd on out of there! Thanks for the help, lady! LOL! Also how lucky was it that this was captured on a security camera so the principal could show everyone? This is one of those you have to see it to believe it stories!
TikTok users are eating this up and @Gloria has a totally punny comment with, "That particular morning, it was a little unbearable for this principal!" @SAFW adds, "It’s a tough burden to bear." @Bella replies, "Black bear is WV’s state animal! He was just stopping to introduce himself." @Sarita hilariously adds, "Well you definitely don’t need coffee in the AM there." @Briana replies, "Why'd the bear run like it was scared of the principal."
Generally speaking, black bears tend to be shy and reclusive animals that avoid human interaction whenever possible, which probably explains why this poor bear took off running. He was just trying to enjoy his breakfast in peace!
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