Bear raids beer cooler

US Fish and Wildlife Service

YOUR ROUND: A black bear.

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Shoppers at a US grocery store got an unexpected surprise when a 125-pound black bear wandered inside and headed straight for the beer cooler.

The bear stopped on Friday night at Marketplace Foods in Hayward, about 140 miles northeast of Minneapolis, sauntering through the automatic doors and heading straight for the liquor department.

It calmly climbed up 3.65m onto a shelf in the beer cooler where it sat for about an hour while employees helped evacuate customers and summoned wildlife officials.

Officials from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources tranquilized the animal and took it out of the store.

Store workers say the bear seemed content in the cooler and did not consume any alcohol.

- AP