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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (147)	8/19/2004 1:25:05 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 6877

Great story! Thanks!

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (147)	10/14/2004 4:41:31 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6877

Since the item is no longer available on the web (I tried) here it is from a scan I made of the original hardcopy downloaded from the website. Wildlife Officials Find Black Bear Passed Out Drunk Bear Drank Rainier, But Not Busch POSTED: 8:02 AM EDT August 19, 2004 BAKER LAKE, Wash. -- When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby -dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer. The bear apparently got into campers' coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans. "He drank the Rainier and wouldn't drink the Busch beer," said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker. Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. The beast then consumed about 36 cans of Rainier. A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning. Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two open cans of Rainier. That did the trick. "This is a new one on me," Heinck said. "I've known them to get into cans, but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference."