[at-l] CNN.com - Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground - Aug 19...

[GoVolsKelly at aol.com (GoVolsKelly@aol.com)]

My kinda bear!  Poor guy... musta needed a boat load of advil after  that 
binge!
 
GoVols
 
In a message dated 8/22/2004 9:14:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
janl2@mindspring.com writes:

I've  been away.
This may have already circulated. If so, forgive. If not,  smile.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.reut/index.html

Bear  guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground

SEATTLE, Washington  (Reuters) -- A black bear was found passed out at 
a campground in  Washington state recently after guzzling down three 
dozen cans of a local  beer, a campground worker said on Wednesday.

"We noticed a bear  sleeping on the common lawn and wondered what was 
going on until we  discovered that there were a lot of beer cans lying 
around," said Lisa  Broxson, a worker at the Baker Lake Resort, 80 
miles (129 kilometers)  northeast of Seattle.

The hard-drinking bear, estimated to be about two  years old, broke 
into campers' coolers and, using his claws and teeth to  open the cans, 
swilled down the suds.

It turns out the bear was a  bit of a beer sophisticate. He tried a 
mass-market Busch beer, but  switched to Rainier Beer, a local ale, and 
stuck with it for his drinking  binge.

Wildlife agents chased the bear away, but it returned the next  day, 
said Broxson.

They set a trap using as bait some doughnuts,  honey and two cans of 
Rainier Beer. It worked, and the bear was captured  for relocation.