Kaila Seward, who lives in the town of Larder Lake in Ontario, woke up to noise around midnight on June 11 and went out to investigate, only to find a bear trapped inside her car.

Video footage showed the black bear looking drowsy behind the car windows, sitting in the front passenger seat.

The bear apparently opened the unlocked car by lifting the door handle with its mouth.

Seward also believes the same bear had already broken into her car last year.

Seward told The Guardian, "This bear broke my back window at this time last year too, and then the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry moved it 200 kilometers away."

She added that the bear returned last week and broke into three cars around her house.

For its part, a spokesperson for the ministry said that wildlife officers tried to find the troublesome bear last week but were unsuccessful.

Parks Canada estimates that more than 380,000 of the 600,000 black bears in North America live in Canada.

Black bears are not usually aggressive toward humans, with most interactions occurring near locations that bears identify as food sources, and last year, a federal judge fined a man who shot a black bear in Jasper National Park, rejecting his defense that he was afraid of it.

However, in 2021, a 26-year-old woman working as a helicopter engineer in Alberta was killed in a rare black bear attack.

Seward's recent encounter with the bear could be costly, as the bear tore up upholstery and door panels.

Seward received a harsh shock when she called her insurance company, which said that the insurance would not cover the cost of repairing the car, as she did not choose comprehensive coverage, leaving her to fix the damage herself.