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.
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