Posted on 09/05/2007 8:36:25 AM PDT by george76
The aggressive bear that was killed a week ago by an Amish Road homeowner after the animal charged and then attempted to pull out a window air conditioner has tested positive for rabies...
"We sent the head to our health and mental hygiene lab in Baltimore on Thursday and got the results Friday," ...
At 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 29, the homeowners had heard a commotion outside and saw a bear attempting to get at two penned pygmy goats. When the family hollered from its main doorway at the bear, it wheeled and charged the house.
"At first it was pushing on the door and I was holding onto the handle from inside," said Charlotte Stanton. "Mike was going to the gun room to get a gun," ...
At that point, Charlotte said the bear left the door and attempted to pull an air-conditioning unit out of a window.
"I was pulling from inside and the bear was pulling on it from outside when Mike got there with the gun," Charlotte added. "There was just enough room to stick out the gun barrel beside the air conditioner, but you couldn't aim it. He just stuck it out there and shot and it flattened the bear."
The No. 4 shotgun pellets struck the bear in the head and neck, authorities reported. The bear was eventually put down by a Natural Resources Police officer ...
"A little after that we got a call from DNR, who said, 'We hear you have a bear problem' and I said, 'Not any more we don't.'"
During recent years, rabid bears have been confirmed in Alberta, Canada, and Pennsylvania.
In the Pennsylvania incident, it was discovered that the sow bear had actually devoured her own cubs...
(Excerpt) Read more at times-news.com ...
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When the bears start stealing air conditioners... they might be rabid.
#4 shot would not have been my first choice.
#4 shot was probably on hand for two-legged varmits. You’re right, slugs or 000 buck would have been better!
If the muzzle is stuck in the bear's ear birdshot would do.
“The aggressive bear that was killed a week ago by an Amish Road homeowner...”
I thought the Amish weren’t supposed to own guns.
Do you have to be Amish to live on Amish Road?
Guns, heck! What's an Amish farmer doing with air conditioners???
Even thought it’s not a human intruder, perhaps it would be worth pinging this to alert people of the rabies aspect.
IMO, the gun ownership and use saved these people’s lives.
I don’t know how long someone could hold out against a rabid bear.
I once shot a passive-aggressive bear.
With a rubber band.
WV isn’t that big. Might be of interest for your areas.
In the Pennsylvania incident, it was discovered the sow actually ate her own cubs.....
And mothers of teenagers understand how a tiger can eat her cubs. :)
Might be good to alert people to.
I love it!
If you can hold on long enough for “Mike to go get a gun”, you’ll be okay.
It’s better than holding on til the bear drops dead from the rabies.
I've got a gun safe. This guys got an entire gun room. I like him already.
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By a long shot!
HA! Are the other rooms without them? /sarc
Or hot. It was probably reminded by the folks yelling, that beer and potato chips would have gone well with the goats. He probably didn't know the AC needed to be plugged in to work and that just caused a lot of frustration.
Rabies yet. That means that after the bear gets through chewing both your legs off you might have to have painful shots...
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