Think of this story as Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but with a plot twist: Goldilocks turns out to be one of the bears.

The Goldilocks here is an unusually large black bear named Hank the Tank. He lives around South Lake Tahoe, California, where he has a habit of breaking into houses. Unlike the fairy tale heroine, however, Hank isn’t picky. Any food he finds on the premises is apparently “just right.” Garbage, too. It all goes down his gullet. His manners have made him famous—he’s been all over the news in recent weeks—but they’ve also gotten him into big trouble.