Homeowner Bryce Hoven captured the incredible moment on his home surveillance cameras and knew it was too good to keep it to himself.
On Sunday, Hoven shared the video on Facebook, much to the amusement of viewers.
"Oh wow, it looks like he knows exactly what he’s doing!" one Facebook user wrote.
"Y'all must have had something good in there!!" another said.
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Hoven said, "The bear [dragged the can] another 20 feet out of the carport and dumped it over.”
"[The bear] went through the trash and picked out what he wanted to eat," Hoven added.
The homeowner noted that while bear sightings are fairly common in his town in Mobile County, he had never seen such human-like behaviour from a mammal before.