Bear 747, who triumphed over 435 after the fraudulent votes were discarded. Photograph: N Boak/Katmai national park/PA
Posted on 10/14/2022 7:55:21 AM PDT by SJackson
Bear 747, who triumphed over 435 after the fraudulent votes were discarded. Photograph: N Boak/Katmai national park/PA
A contest to determine the fattest bear in southern Alaska has been rocked by scandal, after organizers said a ballot box had been “stuffed” in favor of a brown bear called Holly.
Katmai national park, which runs Fat Bear Week, a knockout-style online competition that allows people to vote on which brown bears have gained the most weight between summer and fall, said it had discovered irregularities in voting over the weekend.
Bear 435, also known as Holly, had initially appeared to triumph over Bear 747 in the contest’s semi-finals, but an investigation found that Holly had been propelled to victory after she received 9,000 votes in a short space of time.
“Like bears stuff their face with fish, our ballot box, too, has been stuffed,” Katmai national park tweeted.
“It appears someone has decided to spam the Fat Bear Week poll, but fortunately it is easy for us to tell which votes are fraudulent. We have discarded the fake votes, and today’s official totals are: 747: 37,940; 435: 30,430.”
Fat Bear Week has become globally popular since the competition began in 2014. Katmai park rangers select 12 bears and provide two photos of the animals, one taken in mid-July and the other taken in early-September.
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At least they weren't using lead weights like the fisherman I like their pronouns, bear 747, bear 432, very non gender. Very woke.
“it is easy for us to tell which votes are fraudulent”
The paw prints were all over it.
Stacey Abrams claims that the election was stolen.
Ballots for Stacey Abrams don't count, have to use her Bear number.
Oh, good grief.....first cheating with fishing weights and now this!!!!........................
“Stacey Abrams claims that the election was stolen.”
That was the Fat Pig contest...
OMG! Ursine democracy is hanging by a thread!
“””Bear 747, who triumphed over 435 after the fraudulent votes were discarded.”””
What do bears, walleyes, and Biden have in common?
All were fraudulent winners.
Cheating has become a national tradition. maybe it is time to create a National Cheaters Day to honor the miscreants.
Holly, had initially appeared to triumph over Bear 747 ...
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A fat bear code named “747” (Jumbo Jet) is just perfect.
Stacey Abrams claims that the election was stolen.
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What was her Fat Bear code number?
They all arrived in a pic-a-nic basket.
She’s #1!
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