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Bear Downs 36 Beers, Passes Out At Campground
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<blockquote data-quote="Vollmer" data-source="post: 39139" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=BAKER%20LAKE,%20Wash.&sty=h&form=msdate" target="_blank">BAKER LAKE, Wash.</a> — When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby — dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The bear apparently got into campers’ coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">“He drank the Rainier and wouldn’t drink the Busch beer,” said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. The beast then consumed about 36 cans of Rainier.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two open cans of Rainier.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">That did the trick.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">“This is a new one on me,” Heinck said. “I’ve known them to get into cans, but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference.”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>© 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</em></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em></em></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5756809/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/bear-downs-beers-passes-out-campground/#.Va2VTPlVikq" target="_blank">http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5756809/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/bear-downs-beers-passes-out-campground/#.Va2VTPlVikq</a></em></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em></em></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vollmer, post: 39139, member: 8014"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia][URL="http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=BAKER%20LAKE,%20Wash.&sty=h&form=msdate"]BAKER LAKE, Wash.[/URL] — When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby — dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]The bear apparently got into campers’ coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]“He drank the Rainier and wouldn’t drink the Busch beer,” said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. The beast then consumed about 36 cans of Rainier. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two open cans of Rainier. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]That did the trick. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]“This is a new one on me,” Heinck said. “I’ve known them to get into cans, but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference.” [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial][I][FONT=Georgia][I]© 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. [URL]http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5756809/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/bear-downs-beers-passes-out-campground/#.Va2VTPlVikq[/URL][/I][/FONT] [/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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