Bear a Connoisseur of Beer

**Hurin_Rules** · 08-19-2004, 07:23

Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground

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.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/1...eut/index.html

**Hetman_Koronny** · 08-19-2004, 07:47

Only in America

To get a bear drunk, is beyond my ken.

**LeeJackson** · 08-19-2004, 09:32

Rainier Beer's marketing people need to jump all over that.

**Papewaio** · 08-19-2004, 11:41

Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules

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.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/1...eut/index.html

Could be a good way to catch cops as well .

**Crazed Rabbit** · 08-19-2004, 23:23

That bear's got good taste in beer.

**Steppe Merc** · 08-20-2004, 00:39

Hmm... I wonder if he's related to the Labat Blue bear...

**Papewaio** · 08-20-2004, 02:12

Or if he is related to the Bundeberg Rum Bear?

**Kraellin** · 08-20-2004, 05:48

K.

**English assassin** · 08-20-2004, 15:24

Its obviously Yogi bear, its just sad to hear he's hitting the bottle. Couldn't take the obscurity when they canceled his show i guess.

**Steppe Merc** · 08-20-2004, 16:32

What about Booboo? Mabye he ended up ODing on drugs...

**makkyo** · 08-24-2004, 15:41

Where's Ranger Smith when you need him?

**Hosakawa Tito** · 08-24-2004, 20:48

Reminds me of a friends' dog. Apollo was his name, a 180 lb. male Rottweiller.
He started out when he was a pup by lapping the spilt beer from the plastic container my friend had placed under the tap in his beer-refrigerator in the garage. If you set your beer down and didn't keep an eye on it... it was "finders keepers", losers can go fetch another one.