In the novels of the period the dilemma was felicitously solved by the discovery, on the last page, that the apparently penniless heroine was really a great heiress .
After hearing noises and smelling burning, the woman who owns this SUV looked under the hood and found that squirrels apparently stored 200 walnuts right there along with some grass.
The owner says she regularly sees the animal in her neighborhood but that this is the first damage the bear has really caused and that it's a little too close for comfort.