Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital

AP via Yahoo ^ | 6/16/04

[ZGuy]

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. - Perhaps visiting hours were over. Police shot and killed a full-grown black bear that wandered into a hospital Tuesday.

The 300-pound male bear wandered in front of Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital at about 9:10 p.m. and activated a sensor that opens the hospital's doors, police said.

The bear wandered down a few hallways and into a computer room, said Lt. Karl Martin of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Two police officers yanked the door shut behind it.

Officers planned to sedate the bear, but because the hospital was nearly full they worried about it getting loose. An officer shot the bear twice and killed it, Martin said.

[Ghengis]

Alas, this will intiate another few provisions in the JCAHO Environment of Care Standards for health care institutions. The Surveyor will want to see their "Bear Plan" on the next survey.

[ZinGirl]

how come HE gets to wander in and about WITHOUT filling out all the required forms and allowing them to photocopy his insurance card? crikey....it's discrimination, I tell ya....

[bad company]

Oh!! there you are. When it said a woodland creature came in looking for a computer I got worried. Of course it didn't say anything about return fire so I shoulda known.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I got rid of my bear costume after the last little incident.

[Conspiracy Guy]

By the way. No matter how I cook Skeet, they come out too tough to eat. I've tried everything, soaking in lemon and pepper water, all sorts of marinades and tenderizers, etc.... Any tips?

[Gopher Broke]

Did someone read him his rights? Was there a safety on the gun that killed him? Was the gun registered?

Did anyone try counseling the bear first? Could this be considered a hate crime?

/liberalism off

[bad company]

"By the way. No matter how I cook Skeet, they come out too tough to eat. I've tried everything, soaking in lemon and pepper water, all sorts of marinades and tenderizers, etc.... Any tips?"

Well you have to field dress them immediatly. Put them directly in a cooler filled with ice. When you get home put them in a bucket with 5 pounds of pure unobtainium. Chill in a musty basement foe three weeks, turning them every half hour. Lay them out on your patio to dry for another two days. Place in pickle brine for a month and Mmmm MMmm good

[Conspiracy Guy]

Good points all.

[Verginius Rufus]

Rocky Mount is the county seat of Franklin County (just south of Roanoke), supposedly the moonshine capital of the world.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I guess I'll quit killin them. That's too much work. The dog doen't like retrieving them anyway. Here is a picture of Ole Blue.

[Verginius Rufus]

So a male bear is called an "it" in proper English? I didn't know that. Does this rule apply to all animals which are not commonly kept as pets, or only to bears? Is it because of the expression "grin and bear it"?

[Gabz]

Thank you.............I'm still working on the geography of the state......because even though I live in VA, I might as well live in MD or DE over here on the Eastern Shore.

[B Knotts]

I believe "it" is proper English when referring to any animal. I could be wrong, but that's how I seem to recall learning it.

[Billthedrill]

You have a point, actually - shooting the bugger in a computer room isn't much of a problem - I do it all the time to users who forget their passwords - but discharging a firearm in a room with oxygen flowing is potentially a rather large problem for the occupants.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I can see where the officers were concerned about the danger posed by the bear, but they *did* have it confined in a single room. Seems to me that discharging a firearm inside a hospital should be something they'd consider only as a last resort.

I dunno. Would a bear be stopped for long by a mere door?

[been_lurking]

"By the way. No matter how I cook Skeet, they come out too tough to eat. I've tried everything, soaking in lemon and pepper water, all sorts of marinades and tenderizers, etc.... Any tips?"

Well you have to field dress them immediatly. Put them directly in a cooler filled with ice. When you get home put them in a bucket with 5 pounds of pure unobtainium. Chill in a musty basement foe three weeks, turning them every half hour. Lay them out on your patio to dry for another two days. Place in pickle brine for a month and Mmmm MMmm good.

It's much easier to grind them up like hamburger.

[bad company]

"It's much easier to grind them up like hamburger"




too many small bones.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Here is a picture of Ole Blue.

Looks like he has a breathing problem...

[Conspiracy Guy]

Ole Blue can run a coon for 3 or 4 hours. He had a cold that day.

[Labyrinthos]

Reminds me of the one about the big black bear who walked into a bar in Bergin County, New Jersey and said,"Bartender, give me a beer." "I'm sorry," the bartender replied, "but we don't serve beer to big black bears at bars in Bergin County, New Jersey." The bear angrily responded, "Bartender, give me a damn beer right now or there is going to be trouble." The Bartender calmly answered, "I'm sorry, but we certainly don't serve beer to big black belligerent bears at bars in Bergin County, New Jersey." Now the bear is really pissed and yells at the bartender, "Give me a freakin beer right now you good for nothing loser or I'm going to eat that lady sitting at the end of the bar." The bartender shook his head and firmly said, "I'm sorry sir, but we most certainly do not serve beer to big black belligerent bellicose bears at bars in Bergin County, New Jersey." So the bear gets up off the stool walks to the end of the bar, takes one swipe at the lady and kills her and eats her. "Now will you serve me a beer?" "Absolutely not," replied the bartender, "We don't serve beer to big black belligerent, bellicose bears in Bergin County, New Jersey, who are on drugs." "What are you talking about," asked the bear, "I'm not on drugs." "Yes you are," the bartender replied, "That was a barbiturate."