Small bear makes big mess in Ketchikan grocery store

[Arctic Dave]

From the, Awwwww, department.


KETCHIKAN -- A bear walks into a grocery store. While that may sound like the start of joke, it's what really happened Saturday in Ketchikan.

The Ketchikan Daily News reports a small black bear cub walked in the front door of Tatsuda's IGA. The scared animal found its way to a produce cooler, where it made a mess.

Meat department manager Joe Stollar filmed the bear's capture. He says the little bear was just trying to hide.

A customer captured the bear and let it loose from the store's back door onto a trail leading to the woods. Authorities suspect it was an orphaned bear since its mother wasn't nearby.


Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/18/2126251/small-bear-makes-big-mess-in-ketchikan.html#ixzz1bCABQeZC


Video at link.

Poor little guy lost his mama.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. All they did was turn it loose? What if it really doesn't have a mama anymore?

:cry:

[kestrel91316]

2. It happens in nature all the time. Death is a part of life.

And there is NO shortage of black bears, particularly in AK.

[idiotgardener]

4. Can't wait to say that

next time someone I know dies.

[Booster]

3. I agree with you. That wasn't handled very well.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I saw video on the KTUU news tonight.

Cute little thing romping all over the vegetables. Another TIA (This Is Alaska) moment. :rofl: