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Calif. Man Says He Punched A Trespassing Bear on Snout
NBC Bay Area ^ | 4/30

Posted on 04/30/2015 9:11:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Northern California man says he sucker-punched a trespassing bear on the snout to send the bruin fleeing from his property.

Carl Moore tells the Auburn Journal he acted on his boxer instincts when the bear rose up on two legs and turned toward him and his two dogs outside his Meadow Vista home.

The 75-year-old says he boxed competitively in his youth

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Mountain Charley wrestled a bear.

1 posted on 04/30/2015 9:11:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; kanawa

Noob bear brawl ping.


2 posted on 04/30/2015 9:12:45 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: kanawa

Ping


3 posted on 04/30/2015 9:13:02 PM PDT by null and void (Is a crunchy spicy tuna roll with eel sauce too much to ask for?)
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To: Salamander

17 steeeking seconds!


4 posted on 04/30/2015 9:13:36 PM PDT by null and void (Is a crunchy spicy tuna roll with eel sauce too much to ask for?)
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To: null and void

You gotta learn to move fast or you’re not long around.

;D


5 posted on 04/30/2015 9:16:03 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: nickcarraway

Was the bear black cause if he was you can bet Sharpton is on his way


6 posted on 04/30/2015 9:17:38 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway

If he was on Kodiak Island he would have needed a ladder to punch a standing bear in the snout.


7 posted on 04/30/2015 9:18:42 PM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: Sarah Barracuda

#BlackBearLivesMatter


8 posted on 04/30/2015 9:20:36 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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To: nickcarraway

This guy has been watching too many Brian Williams telecasts.


9 posted on 04/30/2015 9:27:22 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: nickcarraway
He's got the winner of Mayweather v. Pacquio.
10 posted on 04/30/2015 9:35:09 PM PDT by bramps
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To: Jeff Chandler

Snout Up Don’t Shoot


11 posted on 04/30/2015 9:36:41 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

UR Killing me Sarah !


12 posted on 04/30/2015 10:11:58 PM PDT by onona (Obama's entire term reads like a John Semmens post.)
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To: nickcarraway

Monkey style beats bear style.


13 posted on 04/30/2015 10:20:32 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
If it was a brown bear, it'll get legal status, an ACLU lawyer, and Obamacare for the busted snotbox......


14 posted on 04/30/2015 10:22:05 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: Viking2002

Yep, if that was a Brown Bear Jeb Bush would go to the bear and demand that he get citizenship because obviously all brown bears need some extra love
By the way, anyone know where Smokey The Bear or Yogi Bear were during this time??


15 posted on 04/30/2015 10:32:32 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway
Meh. Amateur.



16 posted on 04/30/2015 10:37:42 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: nickcarraway

17 posted on 05/01/2015 12:31:13 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“Snout Up Don’t Shoot”

That’s funny.


18 posted on 05/01/2015 4:50:23 AM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: nickcarraway
A Northern California man says he sucker-punched a trespassing bear on the snout to send the bruin fleeing from his property. Carl Moore tells the Auburn Journal he acted on his boxer instincts when the bear rose up on two legs and turned toward him and his two dogs outside his Meadow Vista home. The 75-year-old says he boxed competitively in his youth

Living in Maine and having hunted bear all of my adult life, for nearly 35 years, I would say this story is bull shit!

19 posted on 05/01/2015 5:18:06 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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20 posted on 05/01/2015 5:39:11 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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