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[Ripclawe]

http://www.bakersfield.com/24hour/nation/story/1581416p-9185950c.html

BAKER LAKE, Wash. (AP) - Rain-eeeeer .... Bear?
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.

The bear apparently got into campers' coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.

"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.

Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest.

"He didn't like that (Busch) and consumed, as near as we can tell, about 36 cans of Rainier."

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.

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. That did the trick.

"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."

 

[miyuru]

lmao, that's just awesome. Next time I'm in the woods I better keep some Busch on me, just in case

 

[Vormund]

That would make an awesome ad.

 

[yoshifumi]

hahahahaha

 

[aoi tsuki]

Bears climb trees?! Fuck, i was in the woods a couple weeks ago, drinking and taking pictures, and i saw a bear in the distance. i always figured i could just climb a tree if i couldn't safely get away. Glad i found this out now.

 

[NLB2]

Yeah, and they can swim too. But they can't fly, so you should be safe.

 

[yoshifumi]

Bears climb trees?! Fuck, i was in the woods a couple weeks ago, drinking and taking pictures, and i saw a bear in the distance. i always figured i could just climb a tree if i couldn't safely get away. Glad i found this out now.

i almost walked into a bear last week. luckily i was with a bunch of people so we scared it.

i took a picture but it was kind of blurry

 

[Ripclawe]

Bears climb trees?! Fuck, i was in the woods a couple weeks ago, drinking and taking pictures, and i saw a bear in the distance. i always figured i could just climb a tree if i couldn't safely get away. Glad i found this out now.

they can also run for short distances(meaning longer than you can) at 35 mph.

 

[Mejilan]

That's fine. If you stick a twig in an enraged bear's nostril, it'll be your friend forever and not murder/death/kill you.

 

[Brannon]

It's okay, bears are mostly soft. As long as you can ignore the slashing claws against your flesh and the gnawing, scraping teeth against your skull, you can hug a bear all day long...

Cuz bears need huggin' too.

 

[Ripclawe]

That's fine. If you stick a twig in an enraged bear's nostril, it'll be your friend forever and not murder/death/kill you.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

Behold the power of Microsoft Paint

 

[Loki]

they can also run for short distances(meaning longer than you can) at 35 mph.

Yeah-- if you come upon a bear and it gives chase, you're supposed to run downhill, because a bear's front legs are shorter than its hind legs, and as a result it has to turn sideways to run downhill (I'm drawing upon my vast repository of bear trivia gleaned from too much Discovery channel when I was younger ). If there IS NO downhill where you are, well, either create a downhill (dig a hole really fast ), or, well...it was nice knowing you.

 

[bjork]

I played Oregon Trail 3 the other day at my grandmother's house... the bear mauled the black guy in my wagon party.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

I played Oregon Trail 3 the other day at my grandmother's house... the bear mauled the black guy in my wagon party.

Hahahaha

Hunting in that game was fun as Hell

 

[bjork]

Hahahaha

Hunting in that game was fun as Hell

This little video clip came up and he was like, "AINT GOT NO MEAT", all pissed off. Then he goes, "Better load up the shotgun."

So I figured, "hell, if I kill this bear, that'll be a lot of meat."

He got pissed off and started clawing at the screen, and it said J-Bo or whatever his name was, got mauled. Then he died shortly after.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

This little video clip came up and he was like, "AINT GOT NO MEAT", all pissed off. Then he goes, "Better load up the shotgun."

So I figured, "hell, if I kill this bear, that'll be a lot of meat."

He got pissed off and started clawing at the screen, and it said J-Bo or whatever his name was, got mauled. Then he died shortly after.

I didn't know J-Bo was a popular name back in the 1800s

 

[way more]

"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.

That sounds like my kind of bear.

Bears climb trees?! Fuck, i was in the woods a couple weeks ago, drinking and taking pictures, and i saw a bear in the distance. i always figured i could just climb a tree if i couldn't safely get away. Glad i found this out now.

Around where I live there was a story of a women who was attacked by a bear but kept him at bay by kicking it's head after she climbed a treee. Or maybe it was a couger?

 

[FortNinety]

Man... I miss Rainer beer. And I don't recall it ever being that good. Guess I'm just homesick.

 

[samus4ever]

That Bear should hang out with me! (I still couldn't drink 36 beers though with him)

 

[Triumph]

Finally, a bear that can hang with me. Send that fucker down to Atlanta, pronto.

 

[Shinobi]

Rainer needs to make a commercial out of this...

"Even bears prefer Rainer over Busch!!"

 

[Optimistic]

Is a Bush an incompetent hack? Does a bear drink Rainier in the woods?

 

[funcojoe]

LMAO good stuff.