Bear-ly got to bed...

Hillcountry · 06-06-2019, 07:12 AM

We were rousted from our warm bed at midnight last night by some bumps in the night outside our door. Flashlight and revolver in hand, I went down to investigate and found our trash barrel tipped over and squashed on one side.
Bear visited and actually took the one bag of garbage and absconded into the rainy night. We never saw it but this morning when on our morning walk with the dog we found the crime scene...the bear had carried the bag thirty yards up the hill behind the house, just out of sight and had his way with our trash.
Surely, it was there as I was shining the flashlight around barefoot in the rain.
First time in 6 years this has happened but now we will keep trash out of sight in the garage! I’ll put out a game camera to see if we can catch the culprit...

Barney Bear · 06-06-2019, 09:59 AM

Perhaps Yogi left a thank you note. 🐻

Hillcountry · 06-06-2019, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Barney Bear

Perhaps Yogi left a thank you note. 🐻

They usually do but nothing but a ransacked pic-a-nic basket last night!

ApS · 06-06-2019, 07:02 PM

Better to have two wet feet under you, than four bear feet after you...

Descant · 06-10-2019, 11:00 AM

A Bear chaser with that, please. Great pic. Thank you for posting.

winni83 · 06-10-2019, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ApS

Better to have two wet feet under you, than four bear feet after you...

Well, according to Snopes, the picture posted by APS is a FAKE.

Assuming Snoples analysis to be true, I will refrain from commenting on whether the same problem permeates other items posted by APS.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bear-chases-bike/

ApS · 06-10-2019, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by winni83

Well, according to Snopes, the picture posted by APS is a FAKE. Assuming Snoples analysis to be true, I will refrain from commenting on whether the same problem permeates other items posted by APS.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bear-chases-bike/

I don't check those pics, especially since the video of a bear chasing a gal on a ski-board (in Japan) was also said to be a fake.

Not at all surprised, and Snopes picks "low-hanging fruit" to report on.

The above bear chase—but a video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT_PNKg3v7s

winni83 · 06-10-2019, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ApS

I don't check those pics, especially since the video of a bear chasing a gal on a ski-board (in Japan) was also said to be a fake.

Not at all surprised, and Snopes picks "low-hanging fruit" to report on.

The above bear chase—but a video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT_PNKg3v7s

Video also a FAKE.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sn...hased-by-bear/

joey2665 · 06-10-2019, 03:34 PM

I just came across a picture I took last summer.
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fatlazyless · 06-10-2019, 03:53 PM

....is East Siberian brown bear .... photo credit to fishing buddy, Vladimir, from summer-2018 fishing trip.

Hillcountry · 06-10-2019, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

....is East Siberian brown bear .... photo credit to fishing buddy, Vladimir, from summer-2018 fishing trip.

Fake news!

kawishiwi · 06-10-2019, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Fake news!

This is how we fish where I am from....
https://youtu.be/tKH2oLjQIAA

Hillcountry · 06-11-2019, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kawishiwi

This is how we fish where I am from....
https://youtu.be/tKH2oLjQIAA

Love that one! Best commercial ever!

joey2665 · 06-11-2019, 08:11 AM

Never seen that commercial. I love it, hilarious

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ApS · 06-19-2019, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by winni83

Well, according to Snopes, the picture posted by APS is a FAKE. Assuming Snoples [sic] analysis to be true, I will refrain from commenting on whether the same problem permeates other items posted by APS.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bear-chases-bike/

As long as the above "fake bear chase" characterizes a reality, who's to complain?

Like, where is Snopes on this intense Grizzly chase? (Although I do think it was rehearsed).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HixMIKyUqSM

Or Snopes on this account from Cycling magazine, a Grizzly chasing an "unaware" bicyclist?
https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/...k-b-c-highway/

Quote:

“Finally he looked over at me and I said, ‘You’ve got a grizzly bear about 25 feet behind you.’ He looked back and went, ‘Oh!’ and started to pound on the pedals.”

_______________________

'A good thing I like bears, as two of 'em were photographed this past Sunday (and one videotaped—having raced over to climb a tree) next to our driveway!

As I've been telling my neighbors, we have no witnesses to a bear browsing on Wolfeboro Neck since 1949. (But photographed in two concurrent years recently at Wolfeboro's Carry Beach, a mile away).

"My" Bear:

06-06-2019, 07:12 AM	#1
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Bear-ly got to bed... We were rousted from our warm bed at midnight last night by some bumps in the night outside our door. Flashlight and revolver in hand, I went down to investigate and found our trash barrel tipped over and squashed on one side. Bear visited and actually took the one bag of garbage and absconded into the rainy night. We never saw it but this morning when on our morning walk with the dog we found the crime scene...the bear had carried the bag thirty yards up the hill behind the house, just out of sight and had his way with our trash. Surely, it was there as I was shining the flashlight around barefoot in the rain. First time in 6 years this has happened but now we will keep trash out of sight in the garage! I’ll put out a game camera to see if we can catch the culprit...

06-06-2019, 09:59 AM	#2
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Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,335 Thanks: 1,338 Thanked 1,620 Times in 1,052 Posts	A Bear chaser with that, please A Bear chaser with that, please. Great pic. Thank you for posting.

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