Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground

[cthomer5000]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.reut/index.html


Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground

Thursday, August 19, 2004 Posted: 9:32 AM EDT (1332 GMT)

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The bear used his claws and teeth to open the beer cans.

SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down three dozen cans of a local beer, a campground worker said on Wednesday.

"We noticed a bear sleeping on the common lawn and wondered what was going on until we discovered that there were a lot of beer cans lying around," said Lisa Broxson, a worker at the Baker Lake Resort, 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Seattle.

The hard-drinking bear, estimated to be about two years old, broke into campers' coolers and, using his claws and teeth to open the cans, swilled down the suds.

It turns out the bear was a bit of a beer sophisticate. He tried a mass market Busch beer, but switched to Rainier Beer, a local ale, and stuck with it for his drinking binge.

Wildlife agents chased the bear away, but it returned the next day, said Broxson. They set a trap using as bait some doughnuts, honey and two cans of Rainier Beer. It worked, and the bear was captured for relocation.

[GrantDawg]

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[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

The reason why witty names for threads don't always pan out. http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/for...ad.php?t=29311

I really think we need to hold a conference to discuss proper thread titling. I mean, was the headline not good enough in this case?

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

I really think we need to hold a conference to discuss proper thread titling. I mean, was the headline not good enough in this case?

Yeah, I've been burned and burned myself enough now that I always try to include something that would give the subject away in the title. A cute thread title sometimes can prevent anyone opening it because they don't know what you're talking about.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

I really think we need to hold a conference to discuss proper thread titling. I mean, was the headline not good enough in this case?

Dude, my headline was gold I tell you, gold!! Witty, multi-layered, not over-the-top. It was all good...

You just get excited when you saw the class article like that and didn't take the time required to make sure there isn't already a thread about it. It happens to the best of us.

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

[Baker Lake Resort, 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Seattle.

Hey! I used to go to Baker Lake for summer camping trips with my buddies. We would drink 36 beers and pass out, too, and...now that I think about it, probably smelled like bears.

[VPI97]

That bear is the coolest things I've ever seen.

[Huckleberry]

What a wuss.

[Pyser]

the bear has better taste in beer than me.

[JeeberD]

35 beers? Bah, I saw my old roommate put away at least twice that much without passing out before...

[Token Asian Guy]

doughnuts? honey? two cans of beer? did they confuse the bear for homer simpson?

[Dutch]

That is awesome!!!

[Easy Mac]

sadly, he's no longer smarter than the average bear.

[Neuqua]

First elephants, and now bears. I think the animal kingdom is setting us up.

[Tigercat]

Thats a lot of beer, the owners should be able to make up for their losses. Take the bear's gall bladder, hes too drunk to notice it being taken, you can sell one of those babies to China for up to 50k. Hell, I think I have a new plan for making quick money, drunken bear organ theft.