Bear's yen for fries destroys Rabbit, Vegetable fuel attracts fast-food predator

• September 2005 - Yankee Magazine
  
  

  I read the June article "Grease-Powered" about the use of cooking oil for car fuel. It's a great idea if there are no bears in the area. In the May 29, 2005 issue of the Waterbury Republican-American, A man in Winsted, Connecticut, who had a car that ran on the same fuel, woke up one morning to find that his fuel tank had been ripped out of his car. A bear liked the smell of the fuel so much he drank the cooking oil!

• Republican-American (Waterbury, CT) - May 29, 2005
  
  

  WINSTED — Larry Joy decided to help the environment by fueling his compact car with used vegetable oil pumped from restaurant fry vats. He never figured the scent of french fries would attract a hungry bear with a yen for fast food. That's what happened two weeks ago, when Joy walked outside his house and found the evidence: muddy paw prints caked around a shattered car window, a plastic fuel tank tipped on its side, gnawed hoses and pool of cooking oil on the rear...