(Drunken) Alaska Man Feeds Black Bear Barbecue Meat, Gets Mauled for Dessert

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | Sasha Goldstein

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Alaska man feeds black bear barbecue meat, gets mauled for dessert

The drunken man could be charged with illegally feeding wildlife after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game says he 'pretty much goaded' the beast into the attack.

Beer, barbecue and black bears are never a good mix.

An Alaska man learned that the hard way this weekend when he threw a hungry bear a piece of barbecued meat — only to be mauled by the same bear.

"He'd been drinking," Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen told the Anchorage Daily News of the man.

The unidentified man was at a picnic Saturday at Eklutna Lake when he took off on a bike ride through the picturesque recreation area north of Anchorage. When he stumbled upon a black bear, the man tossed it some meat. The bear gobbled it down, and when the man offered another piece, "That's when it kind of went ballistic," Ipsen told the newspaper.

The drunken man, who police say could be charged with illegally feeding wildlife, was found by park rangers washing off at a campground. He'd been bloodied by a blow to his jaw and back.

The bear could not be located by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and spokesman Ken Marsh said the bear is not likely a threat to other humans.

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[SevenofNine]

OUCH

[mkmensinger]

At least it wasn’t a grizzly.

[cripplecreek]

Still better than Timothy Snackwell....er Treadwell.

[nothingnew]

"Here, hold my bear"...

FMCDH(BITS)

[American in Israel]

Yeah, funny thing about bears, once they learn that humans have food and they want more, they just attack the food producers. So your cartoon is spot on.

[Terry L Smith]

Ah yes, that old axiom proved, again!

“Some days you get the bear; some days the bear gets you; and, some days you don’t-a-go into the woods, at all!”

[jazusamo]

This guy has to take it a little easier.

[dfwgator]

Guy obviously never listened to Jimmy Buffet’s “God’s Own Drunk”.

[American in Israel]

Up here in Griz country, the Black Bear is actually more dangerous. Far more human attacks than Griz.

Humans, the other white meat.

[Telepathic Intruder]

I was just minding my own business once when a black bear cub came running out of the tree line straight toward me. It was probably thinking “oh neat, I found a human”. I knew at that moment I was probably dead, because the mother bear soon followed, and I had no where to run. Long story stort, I escaped unharmed, but one look at a wild bear tells a sober person it’s not interested in being your friend.

[mkmensinger]

Interesting. I did not know that.

[RginTN]

When I was in college every interesting story I heard was someone beginning it with they were drunk!

[laplata]

Still better than Timothy Snackwell....er Treadwell.

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His lower arm and wrist watch were about all that was left of him as I remember. That guy was a loon.

[cripplecreek]

Timothy Snackwell became one with the bears....for a few hours anyway.

[cloudmountain]

When one is asked: if you had to be an animal, which one would you choose?

I ALWAYS chose the bear: big, strong, with HUGE claws, no enemies, fearless, feared, unbothered by wolves even, eats honey, crabby--and can do anything it wants, eats HUGE amounts of food for hibernation and sleeps all winter It's only tender spot is its nose.
What a deal!
GGGRRRRRRAAAWWWWWWW!!!!!

[cloudmountain]

I was just minding my own business once when a black bear cub came running out of the tree line straight toward me. It was probably thinking “oh neat, I found a human”. I knew at that moment I was probably dead, because the mother bear soon followed, and I had no where to run. Long story stort, I escaped unharmed, but one look at a wild bear tells a sober person it’s not interested in being your friend.

So true!

[mikrofon]

An Alaska man learned that the hard way this weekend when he threw a hungry bear a piece of barbecued meat — only to be mauled by the same bear.

"He'd been drinking,"

NEVER feed a drunk bear....

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*groan*