Watch: A bear in North Carolina breaks through van window to escape.

Video. Watch: A bear in North Carolina breaks through van window to escape.

A bear opened the door to Nicole Minkin Lissenden's unlocked van in Asheville, North Carolina.

A bear opened the door to Nicole Minkin Lissenden's unlocked van in Asheville, North Carolina.

Lissenden said she closed the bear in the van without realizing he was in there.

Her automatic doors failed to open, so her husband unlocked the door for the bear to escape. However, the bear found another way to escape by punching through the driver's window and crawling out!