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.
“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.”
zetha_454 on March 10th, 2020 at 16:23 UTC »
That bear must have been going through some shit to drink 36 cans of Rainier
chinchenping on March 10th, 2020 at 14:07 UTC »
reminds me of that wild pig in Australia that got drunk and started a fight with cow
Miskatonica on March 10th, 2020 at 13:05 UTC »
More details on the Bear's Baker Lake bender:
Fish & Wildlife agents found a black bear "passed out" on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort in Washington state, USA. Agents discovered that the bear had tried one can of Busch and moved on to the 30+ cans of Rainier. A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground, but the bear 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 what the article reports as "the usual": doughnuts & honey. (In this case, they also included two open cans of Rainier).No word on if the bear ever returned to that campground.