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Bear guzzles campers' beer, eats food
Associated Press ^ | Jun. 14, 2005

Posted on 06/14/2005 8:54:30 PM PDT by kingattax

DUNBAR, W.Va. - Larry Gaynor and his brother had to cut their latest fishing trip short after a black bear ate their food and guzzled their beer. Gaynor, 67, and his brother, Billy Bob Gaynor, 53, were camping at Summit Lake near Richwood on Friday when the bear wandered into their campsite at about 9 p.m.

Hearing a noise, they looked outside their tent and saw the bear with its mouth clamped on their cooler. Larry Gaynor said the bear dragged the cooler 30 yards into the woods and flung it against a tree, scattering a case of Coors Light.

"He only drank three cans," Larry he said. "He would've drank all of them if it would've been Budweiser."

Billy Bob Gaynor said the bear ate all of their food so they returned to Dunbar the next day.

"Either relocate them or let me eat them," he said


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: bear; beer; campers
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1 posted on 06/14/2005 8:54:30 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax
Hearing a noise, they looked outside their tent and saw the bear with its mouth clamped on their cooler. Larry Gaynor said the bear dragged the cooler 30 yards into the woods and flung it against a tree, scattering a case of Coors Light.

"He only drank three cans," Larry he said. "He would've drank all of them if it would've been Budweiser."

Sounds like some of my neighbors.

2 posted on 06/14/2005 8:55:46 PM PDT by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I'd like to know what we're talking about.)
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To: kingattax; tomkow6; uncleshag; All

OMG Rack this LOL!


3 posted on 06/14/2005 8:56:28 PM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: kingattax
Bear guzzles campers' beer,.......


4 posted on 06/14/2005 8:59:41 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: kingattax

Remember: forest fires prevent bears.


5 posted on 06/14/2005 9:09:22 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: kingattax

Ten to One they didn't have a buck knife!


6 posted on 06/14/2005 9:17:32 PM PDT by montomike (Gay means happy and carefree...not an abomination against nature's check valve.)
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To: kingattax; Fam4Bush
..this bear looks like he had one too many!...
7 posted on 06/14/2005 9:26:17 PM PDT by scott says
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To: scott says

lol


8 posted on 06/14/2005 9:29:05 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

whenever a story quotes someone named Billy Bob, I just have to check the fine print to see if I'm related....


9 posted on 06/14/2005 9:35:23 PM PDT by Will_Zurmacht
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To: kingattax

He would've drank all of them if it would've been HAMM'S!


10 posted on 06/14/2005 9:41:32 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Flyer; humblegunner; TheMom; Eaker

Does humble own a bear suit? ping


11 posted on 06/14/2005 9:45:33 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
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To: thackney

Sorry! It's late.... I'm brain-dead.... didn't ping you...


12 posted on 06/14/2005 10:24:27 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
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To: LibertarianInExile

Does this story bear repeating?


13 posted on 06/14/2005 11:26:14 PM PDT by aroostook war
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To: Chena

This story is oso very interesting.


14 posted on 06/14/2005 11:28:24 PM PDT by aroostook war
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To: kingattax
Bears.!.. bastards... Drank their BEER TOO...
15 posted on 06/14/2005 11:29:21 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been ok'ed me to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
Hi SCP-

Hamm's...From the Land of Sky Blue Waters! Always an inexpensive college favorite.

~ Blue Jays ~

16 posted on 06/14/2005 11:31:45 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: aroostook war

Bearly so.


17 posted on 06/14/2005 11:52:24 PM PDT by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything)
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