Early Sunday morning, deputies responded to a call at the Camp Richardson Ice Cream Parlor in South Lake Tahoe, where they found that a large bear had made its way inside the shop and was spotted behind the counter, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said.

Sheriff deputies said they could "barely" believe their eyes when they saw a bear behind the counter at a South Lake Tahoe ice cream shop.

A bear made a surprise appearance at a Northern California ice cream shop on Sunday morning, according to law enforcement. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a call for service at an ice cream shop at Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe.