A patrol turned up at their dacha near Ust Ilimsk in the early hours after a neighbour raised the alarm.They found the couple hiding in their bath-house as the bear digested the hot beetroot soup in their garden.A warning shot was sufficient to scare off the intruder.No one was hurt,although there was damage to the house.According to a police statement,the couple said they had left the soup to cool when they went to bed.
