Three insurance claims involving a bear damaging luxury cars in California are now believed to be fraud after it was determined that the culprit was actually a man in a costume. Days after the story broke,

Do you already know the bear suit trick? Probably not. However, insurance firms worldwide are already aware of it through a group of Americans. Very resourceful or just extremely dumb? Judge for yourself.

Footage of a bear rifling through luxury cars was submitted to insurance companies, which paid out $140,000. But something seemed off.