Imagine trying to care for an orphaned bear cub – where to even start? Danya Bacchus explains how Southern California wildlife caregivers came up with the "bear necessities" using bear costumes.

A black bear decided to play in the backyard of a family home until he was scared off by one of the family members dressed in a bear suit.

A man in a grizzly bear costume chased away a black bear while playing on a swing set on March 18, 2025.

One bothersome bear chose the wrong guy's yard to hang out in. Donning a full-on grizzly bear costume, Rodney Clark of Asheville, North Carolina, went face-to-face with the nosy bear poking around ...

A North Carolina man, miffed with frequent visits of a black bear to his backyard, decided to do something out of the box to tackle the beast and it worked.

Video footage captured a man in Asheville, bravely approaching a ferocious-looking black bear in his own brown bear costume that more closely resembled a college mascot.

(KTLA) — Three insurance claims involving a bear damaging luxury cars in California are now believed to be fraud after it was determined that the culprit was actually a man in a costume. Four ...

A still from video provided by the California Department of Insurance purportedly shows a bear damaging the inside of a Rolls Royce near Lake Arrowhead. Investigators contend it was actually a ...

Four people face insurance fraud charges after claiming a bear trashed their Rolls-Royce. Investigators say it was a person wearing a bear costume.

Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume This photo provided by the California Department of Insurance shows a bear costume allegedly worn by suspects with the ...