Bear Knocks On Door For Brownies

AVON, CT — A bear apparently likes the back porch at a home in the bear capital of Connecticut. And the homeowner's baking skills.

A resident of Stagecoach Road in Avon shared images of a black bear knocking on the sliding door last week with WFSB.

The homeowners told a friend of WFSB Anchor Dennis House she thought it might be the smell of fresh brownies that attracted the bear.

WFSB anchor Dennis House said he has been getting calls as far away as England about the incident. Images have gone viral, he said.

Bears are no strangers to Avon. The town leads the way in Connecticut with 562 sightings over the past 12 months. See more on each town here.

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has already been reminding residents to "take steps to reduce encounters and potential conflicts" with black bears. See bear encounter rules here.

Connecticut’s bear population has continued to grow and expand, and bear activity increases in early spring, DEEP officials said.

In 2016, approximately 6,700 bear sightings from 134 of Connecticut’s 169 towns were reported to the DEEP Wildlife Division.

Photo Courtesy of Dennis House/WFSB