Bear Passes Out After Only 36 Beers

SEATTLE (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 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.