Video captures bear eating deer in Colorado Springs

A bear eating a deer isn’t that uncommon, but catching the act on video certainly is.

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Megan Gallagher looked out her backyard north of Rockrimmon and saw the lil’ Smokey tearing into the deer’s carcass last Friday evening.

It was a grisly sight, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it’s normal for bears to be storing food away for winter at this time.

CPW says bears will consume about 20,000 calories a day in preparation for hibernation. Bears are omnivores, but it’s difficult to reach that calorie count with berries alone.

This video follows another wild bear video last week when a bear was found stuck in a storm drain in south Colorado Springs.