Sheriff’s Sgt. Tom Alsky says the couple arrived home June 30, found the bear chowing down in their kitchen and phoned for help.

The bear fled before sheriff’s deputies arrived.

Alsky says the animal appeared to have pushed aside vegetables in the fridge and gone straight for the two-pound box of sweets. He says the bear also tried to open a bottle of champagne but was not successful.

This article published in The Alaska Star on Thursday, July 9, 2009.