Florida pests

Florida, sweet Florida. Tonight I got "motion at the back door" alert. I thought it was an Amazon delivery so I quickly checked the ring camera on my phone and IT WAS A BEAR!  He (it was really big so I know it was the local male bear) had sunk his teeth into our garbage can and was effortlessly dragging away to the side yard. Randy beeped the truck horn several times to make sure it moved away, then we cautiously look outside. Randy has a dive flashlight which is very bright, and it showed the bear, crouched in the brush along the canal!

The bear had dragged the garbage can way back and completely hidden it in the brush. We watched for a few seconds and it stuck it's head up for quick look before continuing to eat.

We decided to leave him to his dinner. We will get our can back tomorrow...in broad daylight.