Imagine this: a group of guys huddled together, brainstorming the ultimate insurance scam. They finally land on a killer idea—to don a bear suit and wreck their expensive cars for cash. Sounds like a plot twist straight out of a comedy, right? But in California, this bizarre scheme went from wild to wilder when it backfired spectacularly, landing them in some serious legal trouble.

Enter Glenn Ennis, the actor behind the menacing bear that mauled Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant.” He weighed in on the situation, and his take is sheer gold. With a chuckle, Ennis pointed out that if these wannabe crooks had done a bit of research on bear behavior, they might not have looked so silly—with their costume moving on knees, no less. I mean, who doesn’t know that bears walk on all fours? It’s not exactly rocket science!

What really gets me is how the authorities caught onto this fractured fairy tale so quickly. Not only were investigators sharp enough to see through the ruse, but they even enlisted biologists to dissect the evidence video. Talk about bringing in the big guns. They’ve got experts weighing in on faux bear antics while these guys are sweating bullets, trying to explain how they thought they could get away with it.

In the end, four dudes are stuck with a hefty charge of attempting to defraud an insurance company for a ridiculous $140,000. Maybe they should have stuck to more traditional schemes—or, better yet, skipped the bear suit and bared their souls instead. Just goes to show that when it comes to crime, sometimes you can take the bear out of the costume, but you can’t take the foolishness out of the scam.