Amazing a Bear in dire need of little help..

ranger1033 · 10-January-08, 09:21 AM

Got this e-mail from my mom about a bear who got him self in a very strange position and dire need of help, now i am not sure how true the story is but what a situation the bear got himself in to..

Be sure and read the last paragraph.

This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway. It has spectacular Sierra views and views of Donner Lake and Donner Pass on Route 80.
A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit,
Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared
the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.
After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.

There is a moral to this story you know, this old bear made a wrong move and found was hanging by his nails. Somehow he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do? Yep, he took a nap and sure enough the situation took care of itself while he was asleep.
The moral is that when confronted with a bad situation sometimes the best solution is to take a nap.

DickNervous · 10-January-08, 10:13 AM

Awesome! I think I'll take a nap now since my whole life is one bad situation after another lately.

G'night.

Wordbiker · 10-January-08, 11:04 AM

I was "rescued" from an Oingo Boingo concert like that once...

The bouncers didn't need to trank me though...I'd taken care of that myself...

10-January-08, 09:21 AM		#1 (permalink)
ranger1033 Imperial News Bounty Hunter	Amazing a Bear in dire need of little help.. Got this e-mail from my mom about a bear who got him self in a very strange position and dire need of help, now i am not sure how true the story is but what a situation the bear got himself in to.. Be sure and read the last paragraph. This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway. It has spectacular Sierra views and views of Donner Lake and Donner Pass on Route 80. A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge. After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net. There is a moral to this story you know, this old bear made a wrong move and found was hanging by his nails. Somehow he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do? Yep, he took a nap and sure enough the situation took care of itself while he was asleep. The moral is that when confronted with a bad situation sometimes the best solution is to take a nap. Attached Thumbnails

10-January-08, 10:13 AM		#2 (permalink)
DickNervous Vic Rattlehead's Hoe	Re: Amazing a Bear in dire need of little help.. Awesome! I think I'll take a nap now since my whole life is one bad situation after another lately. G'night.

10-January-08, 11:04 AM		#3 (permalink)
Wordbiker Apex Tech God	Re: Amazing a Bear in dire need of little help.. I was "rescued" from an Oingo Boingo concert like that once... The bouncers didn't need to trank me though...I'd taken care of that myself...

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