Four Los Angeles men have been charged with fraud after claiming a bear caused damage to their luxury vehicles, but they were actually using a bear costume to fake the attacks for insurance payouts.

The department says the three men and a woman claimed a bear entered ... Detectives say they found the bear costume in the suspects’ home.

The forms of the costumes that he chronicled vary ... the festivals are also a rite of passage for young men. Dressing in the garb of a bear or wild man is a way of “showing your power ...