Posted on 10/20/2004 8:55:57 AM PDT by Zeppelin
SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down three dozen cans of a local beer, a campground worker said on Wednesday. "We noticed a bear sleeping on the common lawn and wondered what was going on until we discovered that there were a lot of beer cans lying around," said Lisa Broxson, a worker at the Baker Lake Resort, 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Seattle. The hard-drinking bear, estimated to be about two years old, broke into campers' coolers and, using his claws and teeth to open the cans, swilled down the suds. It turns out the bear was a bit of a beer sophisticate. He tried a mass-market Busch beer, but switched to Rainier Beer, a local ale, and stuck with it for his drinking binge. Wildlife agents chased the bear away, but it returned the next day, said Broxson. They set a trap using as bait some doughnuts, honey and two cans of Rainier Beer. It worked, and the bear was captured for relocation.
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I'm going to name my next batch of homebrew "Bear Trap Ale". LOL!
It is good he did not find the car keys to the SUV.
"12 bears in one night"
That really is not very much beer. I have had more lots of times and never got sick or very drunk. Drinking a quart of rum or tequila over the course of an evening on the other hand always nearly killed me and gave me the worst hangovers the next morning.
It is all in what one gets used to.
LOL, a few people have told me that my drinking accomplishment was somewhat, amateurish, but to further expand on the point, I am NOT a frequent drinker at all, and I assume the Bear isn't either. 12 just about killed me, 36 and the bear walks away a few hours later? Musta been a big-@ss bear!
Of course he isn't an alcoholic - alcoholics go to meetings. Festus is just a drunk ;)
Hi Xenalyte,
Let Festus know he's always welcome to stop by and have a few drinks (or cases). How does he avoid the hangovers?
TM ping to a funny thread.....
I didn't know you went camping...
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