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WILD FOOTAGE: Bear Browses Stores at Alaska Mall

Jul 10, 2026·2 min read

A black bear who got the shopping bug strolled into a mall in Alaska to inspect the offerings on sale.

Earlier this week, the bear wandered into the commissary mall (the shopping hub at U.S. military bases) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. After wandering around for a bit checking out various stores, it snagged a peach. Then it took care of some personal business on a hallway floor before wandering back out again.

The bear wanders through the mall. (Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf Exchange)

Officers from Conservation Law Enforcement were on hand to redirect the lost bear back to its natural habitat, toward a river and into the woods.

Kory Godbout, a barber who works at the mall, heard his coworker shout that there was a bear.

The bear checks out the barbershop. (Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf Exchange)

“I looked up from my phone and the bear was walking into the barber shop right in front of me,” he said. “And we all ran into the break room and shut the door behind us.” They then left the breakroom and watched the bear steal a peach and eat it. But then the bear decided to examine the barbershop more closely. As it returned, the employees fled back to the break room and closed and locked the door, Godbout recounted.

“And then we were watching him from the window and then that’s when he decided to, you know, use the restroom in the hallway,” he added.