24 August 2010

More Bears, More Troubles

From the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman:

TRAPPER CREEK — Problem bears have made quite a showing this summer, tearing off the wall of a travel trailer, smashing open a feed shed and, most recently, climbing through the window of a pizzeria ...

“I’ve had many calls on bears, both black and brown, in the Trapper Creek area,” said Alaska State Wildlife Trooper Dan Valentine. Which, he said, is saying something. Trapper Creek isn’t the type of community where residents will call for a trooper unless the bear is really not behaving himself.

Read the whole story at the link.

3 comments:

Teresa said...

Bears... okay can you just keep them up there? LOL Every once in a while they come this far south, but thankfully not too often!

joated said...

Ripped open a travel trailer, heh? Glad we didn't run into any of these guys on our tour!

joated said...

Just looked at the linked article...bear did one heck of a job on that trailer!

As for the one that busted into the pizzeria...THe owner was certainly lucky to have a guy with a shotgun so near.

"“I just had blood and glass and beer all over,” she said."

Sounds like a regular Saturday night crowd in some places! ;-)