It's bad enough that we have to worry about human car thieves taking away our vehicles, but when mother nature starts to get involved, maybe we should just give up and start riding bicycles. At least it shows that being green really makes the animals of our planet happy, so much so that they wish to drive a hybrid car too.

A Toyota Prius, much like the ones available at East Coast Toyota Scion in Wood Ridge, NJ, was broken into at a Lake Tahoe cabin home by a curious black bear. The McCarthy's, owners of the Prius, called for help by contacting the sheriff's department, but as soon as their call ended, the car was gone.

Assuming the bear knocked their Prius into neutral, or released an emergency brake, the car rolled 80 ft down the driveway, across the street, and only stopped after it knocked into the neighbor's deck. Once recovered, the car was empty. Looks like this black bear will be charged with a hit and run, or at least for leaving the scene of an accident.

"The direction-selector gear shift lever had been ripped completely out of the dashboard," Mrs. McCarthy said. "Every recognizable piece of the interior" had been ripped out--although it was undamaged on the outside."¹

Maybe future Prius models should come with an anti-bear warning device.

Source: ¹http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1065914_hippie-alert-mother-nature-wants-to-drive-your-prius-hybrid-too