California police say shocking footage of a bear tearing apart a Rolls Royce in January was actually an insurance fraud attempt using a ‘person in a bear costume.’
Surveillance video of the incident emerged in January from outside a home in Lake Arrowhead, California, appearing to show a bear rip through the luxury car.
But investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) looked into the claim and felt that the footage didn’t add up, and ultimately concluded it was not the work of a wild beast at all.
Police discovered two other ‘bear attacks’ allegedly staged on other vehicles in the area, and arrested four men on suspicion of defrauding insurance companies out of almost $142,000.