Pic-a-nic basket jokes, aside, a similar situation happened in a town not all that far from mine. (We do have a lot of black bears. Every so often, one trashes our bird feeders.) A couple of weeks ago, a woman heard noises in her kitchen, went to investigate and found a mother bear and two cubs ransacking her kitchen. She ran for another part of the house, called the police and they came to deal with it. Unfortunately, one cub charged the police and was shot. The mother and the other cub took off for the woods. But bears are smart and opportunistic. If they can find an advantage, they'll use it, I suppose. Bit like people...
By the way, how are you feeling Beergoggles? Good wishes your way!
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."