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Bears Openly Roam the Streets of Ouray ( Colorado )
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| Jun 6, 2008
| KKCO
Posted on 06/07/2008 10:22:12 AM PDT by george76
Last night's two hotel guests relaxing in a hot tub in Ouray looked up to find there was another guest in the tub- a bear.
The hotel says the bear was just inches away from one guest.
Both the guest and the bear got the scare of their lives, the guest screamed and the bear ran and dove into the swimming pool. The Bear made his escape after swimming across the pool
The Ouray Police Department says five to six bears have roaming the streets. Even walking down Main Street during the day.
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; bear; bears; galtsgulch; ouray; wildlife
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:22:14 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
I think the locals pronounce it “your-ray,” which I found interesting.
To: Abigail Adams; jazusamo; MtnClimber; familyop; GSWarrior; GladesGuru
City law enforcement officer Tony Schmidt said on Monday alone, he responded to eight bear incidents around town, adding there is not much he can do about the bears unless they pose an imminent threat to the safety of a person.
“Last year we were using rubber bullets but the Division of Wildlife told us not to use them,” he said.
“All we can do is honk our horns or throw rocks, and within five minutes they come right back.”
Schmidt said that citizens who are having bear problems need to contact the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s district wildlife manager Kelly Crane. She is based in Montrose; her number is 240-9575.
http://p.lps2.com/Articles-i-2008-06-06-179849.112113_Council_proposes_300_fine_on_second_trash_offense.html
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:28:17 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Abigail Adams
You are right about the pronunciation, it is also the town Ayn Rand visited and came up with the idea for Galt's Gulch in her novel "Atlas Shrugged."
To: george76
I once unwittingly shared a quiet and foggy early morning bath in the Sol Duc springs long before it was well know. Both bear and I unaware of the other, enjoying the moment till one of us made a sound then
OMG a bear! OMG a human! - both left the water in a hurry, an understatement, going in opposite directions.
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:35:32 AM PDT
by
yoe
( Socialism with Obama or Clinton - Democracy with McCain)
To: george76
Last year we were using rubber bullets but the Division of Wildlife told us not to use them, he said.I agree with the DOW, a more effective bear-deterrent than rubber bullets or bear proof gargabe containers are Nosler bullets, it eliminates repeat offenders! /sarc
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:37:31 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: george76
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:37:38 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: Libertarianize the GOP
Ironic, that the town used for a model in Atlas Shrugged is the same town where the Colorado Dept. of Wildlife’s Kelly Crane shrugged.
“Don”t harass that bear!”
Agency AGenda Uber Alles!
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:41:03 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: george76
Considering where Ouray is
situated, it seems like this would be a fairly common occurrence.
To: george76
I guess if a hot tub is nearby, bears don’t prefer to “do it the woods”...
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:52:43 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Another effect of global climate change...)
To: Abigail Adams
I think the locals pronounce it your-ray, which I found interesting. The town was named after a Ute chief.
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:53:16 AM PDT
by
Mogollon
(Vote straight GOP for congress....our only protection against Obama, or McCain.)
To: Libertarianize the GOP
The Ute Indians I grew up with on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation pronouced it oh-Ray. But what do they know , the great Chief has been gone a long time ? The words Ute , Uinta , Uintah , and Utah are all English translations of the same word . The town of LaVerkin Utah was so named because the White settlers were told the name by Natives who were doing their best to say the name the Spanish explorers gave the nearby river , La Virgin . (sorry. I do not know the correct Spanish )
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:55:22 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
To: Abigail Adams
Actually more like “you-ray.” Depending, I guess, on how you pronounce “your.”
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posted on
06/07/2008 10:56:41 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
To: Sherman Logan
Actually more like you-ray. Depending, I guess, on how you pronounce your.That is how I've heard it pronounced for 40 Years.
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:02:59 AM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
To: george76
Hot tubbing with a bear? I guess there's something to be said for interspecies concord in a hot tub!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:06:54 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: george76; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
"Ou can calls me Ray..."
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:12:28 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(But ou doesn't hafta calls me Johnson)
To: george76
i lived down the road from ouray in durango for ten years. once, upon arriving home from work, i found a baby bear in my living room. since i didn't see the mama bear, i went to a bar and had a few drinks. an hour later i returned home, and it was nowhere to be found.
bears roaming around town in those parts, while not an everyday occurence, is nothing deserving of getting ones panties in a twist.
;)
:)
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:18:48 AM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: george76
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:19:53 AM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
To: george76
I've heard that paintball markers are effective for chasing bears out of town.
While I have no experience with bears, I can say that painballs are effective for other obnoxious pests.
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:26:10 AM PDT
by
Fichori
(I'm always getting spam advertising drugs and replica watches; Who do they think I am, a gangster?)
To: robomatik
bears roaming around town in those parts, while not an everyday occurence, is nothing deserving of getting ones panties in a twist.
I lived in the hills just outside of Golden Co. and I had regular visits from bears to the point that if I went a week without having one in my yard I thought something was wrong. I even had names for a couple of them. No big deal if you know how to live with them around.
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posted on
06/07/2008 11:40:06 AM PDT
by
jongaltsr
(Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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