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Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5085 | TRs | Pics
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Stefan
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Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:23 pm
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A friend told me this over lunch today. His father runs a helicopter operation out of Newhalem and Diablo Dam checking each month for snow levels for the USGS I believe. A person in Newhalem told him this. I don't know if it lore, or truth.
Several months ago (exact month unknown) a bear came across some people at a campsite along the border in Canada by Ross Lake. (exact location unknown.) The bear was wearing a backpack. They wondered what a bear would be doing wearing a backpack in winter. It turns out the bear was hauling drugs. I don't know how, but the people got the authorities and the authorities somehow followed the bear to the drop off point and eventually caught the criminal. The criminal had trained the bear to go from location to location.
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Bushwacker Comfortable
Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 834 | TRs | Pics Location: Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand |
I swear it wasn't me.
I have witnesses as to where I was at the time.
BW
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
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#19 Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 2197 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Mar 12, 2003 6:50 pm
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Stefan wrote: | They wondered what a bear would be doing wearing a backpack in winter |
True. I've only seen backpacking bears in the summer.
Can you imagine if the bear wandered into a den of hibernating bears. "Yo - Yo. Wake up! Mama bear! Papa bear! Wanna party?
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polarbear Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 3680 | TRs | Pics Location: Snow Lake hide-away |
Not to drift this thread, but I'm looking for an ultra light backpack but very roomy. Thoughts?
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Bushwacker Comfortable
Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 834 | TRs | Pics Location: Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand |
stefan wrote: | I don't know how, but the people got the authorities and the authorities somehow followed the bear to the drop off point and eventually caught the criminal. |
Maybe the bear cut a deal, so he wouldn't spend any time behind bars.
BW
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Oh, I thought you said beer used for illeagal drug trafficing, never mind .
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:24 pm
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If bears can be trained to ride bicycles, then carrying a backpack can't be much more difficult. Having a bear pack your stuff might be pretty nice.
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El Puma Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 341 | TRs | Pics Location: Inside, wanting outside |
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Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:35 pm
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Could a POLARbear be trained to carry my stuff?
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kleet meat tornado
Joined: 06 Feb 2002 Posts: 5303 | TRs | Pics Location: O no they dih ent |
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Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:42 am
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Which amendment is it again that gives us the right to arm bears?
I don't know about any backpack-wearin' bears, but I did hear of a guy caught hauling drugs from Canada through Blaine in the false bottom of a trailer he was towing, which contained a couple bears.
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A fuxk, why do I not give one?
A fuxk, why do I not give one?
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Thu Mar 13, 2003 8:59 am
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Quote: | Could a POLARbear be trained to carry my stuff? |
Yes, but it takes alot of training and a crate full of these.
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Bushwacker Comfortable
Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 834 | TRs | Pics Location: Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand |
I'm sure that is the only food endorsed by:
The Backpacking Bear Association.
It got my vote.
BW
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
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