We keep our large garbage can in that garage , I think maybe he or she might of smelled the trash inside . Will never know for sure . We have lived here long enough to know keep stuff closed and inside . Once in the past on trash day a bear opened our trash can at the curb and helped himself to breakfast .
Nature and mankind can interface , you just need to be aware and practice common sense . Before I built that garage my wife one morning came out the door with a daschund in hand and a coyote was standing there ! That sure got her attention
. We have deer crawling all over our place daily . We enjoy all of it . Just have to proceed with caution .