montoya 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.reut/index.html 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 km) 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. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 That sounds like a camping trip I went on drink beer - pass out - get moved along from camping ground the next day... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Sounds like they could have driven the bear away by putting up a big sign saying, "Budweiser only served here". Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Just goes to show that all of nature's creature know how to ahve a good time in the great Northwest. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 That bear looks really chilled. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 "That sounds like a camping trip I went on drink beer - pass out - get moved along from camping ground the next day..." Did you get the bear? Bears are excellent creatures. They deserve a prize. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 never mind going near its cubs stay away from its six pack. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I once saw a "drunk" monkey in a wildlife park. It had been feasting on some leftover beer. Very funny. It couldn't walk properly and was even more crazy and zany than a normal monkey. Haha. I doubt he'd had 36 beers though Link to post Share on other sites
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