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Backpacker Joe
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PostMon Sep 20, 2010 10:11 pm 
Just before my hike tomorrow I went outside to toss some recyclables and wammo, both cans (garbage and recycle) are knocked to the ground and crap is strewn out all over the place. Black bear problems in downtown Issaquah. Things that make you go hmm.

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 12:50 am 
Did you see a Bear? Or are you just assuming. Cause dogs do knock over garbage cans too, looking for "treats"

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 5:27 am 
If it was bear then they might have been on their way down to the creek to find some salmon to eat. Instead they found the aroma of the garbage too alluring. It happens with me too when I whiff saturated fats. The vanguard of the salmon season must be getting up to the hatchery by now.

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 5:53 am 
You guys don't have raccoons?

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 7:17 am 
That would be some big raccoons if they were knocking modern cans over lol.gif

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 7:18 am 
Uh, not really. They do it all the time.

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 7:39 am 
Foist wrote:
Uh, not really. They do it all the time.
Out here they can't. The bins are too thick/heavy. It is always bears if one is tossed. Once the garbage went to those massive bins...wooo. We have tons of coons in our area.

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 9:07 am 
It's nice to know that bears recycle, but knocking over garbage cans? That's just beastly.

Sadly, right now I'm a poseur. Sigh.
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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 10:36 am 
considering that the bear could have perused the garbage of Fatburger, Triple-X, or Las Margaritas, me thinks there is some swank haute cuisine being served at the BPJ residence. burger.gif hungry.gif

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 10:52 am 
Putz-in-Boots wrote:
Actually, what makes me go hmm is this:
Backpacker Joe wrote:
Just before my hike tomorrow...
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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 12:57 pm 
Do Sasquatch frequent Issaquah?

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PostTue Sep 21, 2010 1:26 pm 
Sometimes they will shop in Gillman Village, but usually they frequent the outlet mall in North Bend--their stomping grounds for creature comforts (though some will stray as far as the Banana Republic in Bellevue).

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