DURING the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even bears want to make sure they are as clean and sanitized as possible.

A clip is going viral on TikTok with over 9 million views at this time. The video features a 7-Eleven clerk in Olympic Valley, California, the United States, getting a close encounter with a bear.

As the clerk is behind the counter, a black bear casually strolls into the convenience store ready to go about its shopping at the utmost convenience. As the bear opens the door, the employee, Rachelle Ducusin, can be heard screaming: “Oh my goodness, he knows how to open — heeey, stooop!”

The creature seems to disregard the screams as it walks into the store. It stands on its hind legs and proceeds to “use” the sanitizing station set up by the entrance. After sniffing it, a couple of drops land square on the bear’s head. Safety first, after all.

While the bear seems pretty calm and casual, Ducusin is absolutely panicking. She can be heard screaming hysterically at the bear and eventually bursting into hopeless tears.

Apparently, the woman had already encountered the beast before it entered the store. She tried to stop the bear from going through the trash cans outside and it proceeded to charge at her several times. She was able to get inside and call 911, but the bear wasn’t done with its mission for food quite yet.

As the bear continued to walk around the store, eventually emergency services arrived on the scene. They shot the wildlife creature with rubber bullets in order to lure it out of the store. It didn’t completely get the hint, between the rubber bullets and the woman screaming “get out,” as it returned to the garbage bins later that morning.

Also in California, one man got robbed of his KFC when a bear decided to help itself in October. The man returned home and found the bear on his counter absolutely feasting on the “11 herbs & spices” recipe. “They sure made a mess of the place,” John Holden said after the incident was over.

Despite being shocked to see a bear in his ransacked kitchen, Holden made the time to pull out his camera. He recorded as the bear feasted on the food.

Eventually, he was able to get the bear out by making loud noises. He said there had been also a couple of other wildlife making themselves at home in his house. (SD-Agencies)