Please don't drunkenly chase the bears, Massachusetts police urge

[steve2470]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/12/us-massachusetts-bears-idUSKBN0NX21M20150512

Add a new worry to the list facing police officers in western Massachusetts: People getting drunk and chasing bears.

"The North Adams Police Department is urging everyone to not chase bears through the woods with a dull hatchet, drunk. Yes that really did happen tonight," police in the city of 13,500 people in a mountainous area near the Massachusetts-Vermont border requested on Facebook late on Monday.

The post, which was confirmed as authentic by a police dispatcher on Tuesday, came after officers responded to a call reporting a disturbance and found an inebriated man who had set out to drive bears away from his property, the dispatcher said.

The man was taken into protective custody due to his intoxication and later released without charges, the dispatcher said.

[Make7]

1. I can still chase them when I'm sober though, right? ( n/t )

[Marie Marie]

4. Yes, but I would recommend sharpening your hatchet.

Wait, on second thought, what did the poor bears ever do to you?

[Make7]

6. They stole my picnic basket! ( n/t )

[Marie Marie]

7. Then Yogi and Boo-Boo must go down!!!

Have at 'em Make7.

[KMOD]

2. I have camped in the Adirondacks in bear country.

I try to be smart, like not leave food out, and not leave cooking grills out.

I've been in very close contact more than once. They are large, intimidating looking creatures, but for the most part, they are like a f'ing huge raccoon. Leave them alone, and they will leave you alone. Now if one came into my tent, I would definitely freak the heck out. And then I would post about it here, in the lounge.

[steve2470]

3. no going to the bars with the bears, sis!

Hope you are well.

[KMOD]

5. I will not be going to a bar with a freakin' bear or a freakin' raccoon.

I'm doing great.

We finally got the results from the cardiologist, and Mr. KMOD had great results.

We just have to work on a tweak, tweak here, and a tweak, tweak there, and we are all good.

[murielm99]

8. On the same topic:

my dog had her follow-up visit with the vet today. This is the dog who had a chunk bitten out of her ear by the coon. The doggie is healing nicely, and does not have to go back.

No bears or coons, with hatchets, drinks or otherwise, from this neck of the woods!

[murielm99]

10. I did not know your husband

was seeing a cardiologist. I am glad the results are good for him.