https://freerepublic.com/tag/searchbear/ en-us Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:36:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1891488/posts The aggressive bear that was killed a week ago by an Amish Road homeowner after the animal charged and then attempted to pull out a window air conditioner has tested positive for rabies... "We sent the head to our health and mental hygiene lab in Baltimore on Thursday and got the results Friday," ... At 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 29, the homeowners had heard a commotion outside and saw a bear attempting to get at two penned pygmy goats. When the family hollered from its main doorway at the bear, it wheeled and charged the house. "At first it was... Cumberland Times-News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1891488/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:36:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891747/posts HAGERSTOWN - A rabid black bear trying to rip out a window air conditioner lost its tug-of-war with a terrified housewife when her husband blasted the beast with a shotgun, the woman and a state wildlife official said today. The bear rushed the house after Charlotte Stanton yelled out her screen door to try to scare it away from a goat pen. Stanton, 39, of rural Grantsville in Garrett County, said she was losing her tussle with the 134-pound sow when Michael Stanton pulled the trigger. "I finally yelled at my husband, because I couldn't hold on to that air... Baltimore Sun https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891747/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:58:50 GMT