COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A bear looking for more than a deal on electronics is being blamed for breaking into a Circuit City store in Colorado Springs Tuesday morning.

The young adult black bear became spooked after setting off an alarm at a nearby Fazoli's restaurant on North Academy Boulevard, Colorado Springs police said. The 250-pound bear ran to the Circuit City next door, where he rammed through a sliding glass door, shattering it.

Surveillance video released by Circuit City shows the bear walking through the door at about 7:13 a.m. He tried to go through another glass door but it wouldn't open. He then stood up on his hind legs to peek through the windows. He started pounding on the windows, cracking the glass.

The bear went into the customer waiting area in the Circuit City before running out again through the broken glass.

A Circuit City supervisor who was working to get the store open saw the shattered glass and at first thought a burglar was trying to break in. Police told her they were looking for a bear in the area and that's when she saw the bear on video from the security cameras.

Circuit City supervisor Dawn Greene joked that the bear probably wanted a new 72-inch LCD-screen television.

The Division of Wildlife was called to the scene, but officers were unable to find the bear. DOW spokesman Michael Seraphin said bear activity this year is high because it's been so dry. With little food in the high country, bears are making their way down to populated areas to search for food.

Residents in the area are getting their share of reported run-ins with wildlife. On Tuesday, the report of an African lion roaming a neighborhood near Colorado Springs triggered an eight-hour hunt. The sheriff's office eventually called off the search, saying it could not say for certain that the large animal pictured in two photos was an African lion.