A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring — from a dumpster outside an elementary school.
Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh was surprised to discover the bear had somehow managed to get inside the dumpster over the weekend even after the school installed a lock bar. As Marsh was unlocking the bin Monday, the bear began pushing open the lid.
"That will wake a person up," Marsh said Tuesday in a phone interview."That was 7:15 a.m., if you are not already awake that will wake you up." Marsh darted away once the bear's head appeared. The bear then jumped out and ran off in an encounter that was recorded by a school security camera and has since being shared widely across social media.The school in Nicholas County, about 70 miles east of the state capital of Charleston, installed the lock on the dumpster last week after noticing some torn up garbage bags outside.
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