Raineeeerrrrr...Bearrrrrrr!

[catbirdseat]

Bear Drinks 36 Cans of Favorite Beer

 

BAKER LAKE, Wash. - 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."

[bunglehead]

 

That made my so far shitty day a little better.

[Stonehead]

I thot Hamms was the beer for bears.

[catbirdseat]

I thot Hamms was the beer for bears.

[assmonkey]

36 cans, that's impressive.

 

I wouldn't touch the Busch either....

 

- a s s m n k e y

[Ricardo_Montalban]

it was a political statement

 

Bears Against Bush!!

[rbw1966]

Can we make an agreement that there will be no Busch beer purchased during the Smith fest? Not even the slugs in my garden would drink it.

[Dru]