ANCHORAGE — A North Carolina man driving a classic convertible through Alaska learned his car isn’t impenetrable to bears.
Tom Cotter found his red Shelby Cobra with a gaping hole in the roof and claw scratches all over the body, after staying the night last week at Alyeska Ski Resort, southeast of Anchorage, KTUU-TV reports.
Cotter was touring the state with three friends in classic Shelby Cobras. He said the car’s value is “approaching seven figures.”
The 53-year-old roof was able to survive all these years, but it “couldn’t manage to survive 11 days in Alaska,” Cotter said.
The bear likely entered the car for a snack. A friend of Cotter’s admitted to leaving Fig Newtons behind the seat.
