Bears are weird. Cocaine bear actually happened, although it was a very small black bear and it died of an overdose before it could hurt anybody [0].
I've had bears in my yard fairly often. They used to come at night and tear up my porch trying to get to the bird feeders. We finally wised up and stopped feeding the birds.
One time a bear tore up my windshield wipers because I made the mistake of leaving a candy bar in my truck overnight.
Bears are weird, but you learn their weirdnesses when you live in the country.